Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Bangkok
Best 9:47 PM–5:32 AM (radiant up to 71°).
Up to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 99% lit on the peak night.
in 399 days 15 h
Times are local (GMT+7).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Bangkok: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
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Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 150 an hour from a dark place, fewer this year in bright moonlight.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- Ho Chi Minh CityBest 9:38 PM–5:08 AM (radiant up to 68°)
- Da NangBest 9:17 PM–5:02 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- HanoiBest 9:11 PM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 78°)
- Kuala LumpurBest 11:13 PM–6:13 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- SingaporeBest 11:04 PM–6:04 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- KolkataBest 8:51 PM–5:06 AM (radiant up to 80°)
- Hong KongBest 9:38 PM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 79°)
- ChennaiBest 9:38 PM–5:23 AM (radiant up to 70°)
- ManilaBest 9:26 PM–5:11 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- JakartaBest 10:22 PM–4:37 AM (radiant up to 51°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).