Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Cebu
Best 9:29 PM–4:59 AM (radiant up to 67°).
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+8).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Cebu: 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.
Put Cebu's sky in your calendar
Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.
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
- ManilaBest 9:26 PM–5:11 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- TaipeiBest 8:53 PM–5:23 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- Hong KongBest 9:38 PM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 79°)
- Okinawa (Naha)Best 9:29 PM–5:59 AM (radiant up to 83°)
- Da NangBest 9:17 PM–5:02 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- Ho Chi Minh CityBest 9:38 PM–5:08 AM (radiant up to 68°)
- Bali (Denpasar)Best 10:49 PM–4:49 AM (radiant up to 48°)
- HanoiBest 9:11 PM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 78°)
- ShanghaiBest 8:54 PM–5:39 AM (radiant up to 88°)
- GuamBest 9:51 PM–5:36 AM (radiant up to 70°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).