Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Naperville, IL
Best 8:22 PM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 81°).
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 (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Naperville, IL: 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
- Aurora, ILBest 8:23 PM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- Joliet, ILBest 8:22 PM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- Elgin, ILBest 8:23 PM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- ChicagoBest 8:20 PM–5:50 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- Rockford, ILBest 8:26 PM–5:56 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- MilwaukeeBest 8:21 PM–5:51 AM (radiant up to 80°)
- Peoria, ILBest 8:28 PM–5:58 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- MadisonBest 8:27 PM–5:57 AM (radiant up to 80°)
- South Bend, INBest 9:15 PM–6:45 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- Davenport, IABest 8:32 PM–6:02 AM (radiant up to 81°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).