Tue, Dec 14
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Johannesburg
Best 12:22 AM–3:52 AM (radiant up to 31°).
Up to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 99% lit on the peak night.
in 399 days 14 h
Times are local (GMT+2).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Johannesburg: 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
- CairoBest 8:55 PM–5:40 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- DubaiBest 9:18 PM–5:48 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- BengaluruBest 9:49 PM–5:34 AM (radiant up to 70°)
- MumbaiBest 9:53 PM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 76°)
- PuneBest 9:49 PM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 76°)
- AthensBest 8:55 PM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 85°)
- ChennaiBest 9:38 PM–5:23 AM (radiant up to 70°)
- AhmedabadBest 9:54 PM–6:09 AM (radiant up to 80°)
- HyderabadBest 9:46 PM–5:31 AM (radiant up to 74°)
- IstanbulBest 9:34 PM–7:04 AM (radiant up to 82°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).