Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Seattle
Best 8:24 PM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 75°).
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 (PST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Seattle: 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
- Renton, WABest 8:23 PM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 76°)
- Kent, WABest 8:23 PM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 76°)
- Tacoma, WABest 8:24 PM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 76°)
- Everett, WABest 8:23 PM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 75°)
- VancouverBest 9:27 PM–7:27 AM (radiant up to 74°)
- Gresham, ORBest 9:24 PM–7:24 AM (radiant up to 77°)
- Portland, OregonBest 8:25 PM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 77°)
- Hillsboro, ORBest 9:26 PM–7:26 AM (radiant up to 77°)
- Salem, ORBest 9:27 PM–7:27 AM (radiant up to 78°)
- Eugene, ORBest 9:27 PM–7:12 AM (radiant up to 79°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).