Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Oklahoma City
Best 9:15 PM–6:15 AM (radiant up to 87°).
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 (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Oklahoma City: 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 Oklahoma City's sky in your calendar
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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
- Norman, OKBest 9:14 PM–6:14 AM (radiant up to 88°)
- TulsaBest 9:08 PM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Broken Arrow, OKBest 9:08 PM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Wichita Falls, TXBest 9:19 PM–6:19 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- WichitaBest 8:59 PM–6:29 AM (radiant up to 85°)
- Denton, TXBest 9:13 PM–6:13 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Frisco, TXBest 9:12 PM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- McKinney, TXBest 9:11 PM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Lewisville, TXBest 9:12 PM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Carrollton, TXBest 9:12 PM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).