Mon, Dec 13
Geminids meteor shower 2027 from Shreveport, LA
Best 9:00 PM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 89°).
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 Shreveport, LA: 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
- Tyler, TXBest 9:06 PM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Beaumont, TXBest 9:16 PM–6:01 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Conroe, TXBest 9:06 PM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Little RockBest 8:54 PM–5:54 AM (radiant up to 88°)
- Mesquite, TXBest 9:11 PM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Lafayette, LABest 8:53 PM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- PlanoBest 9:11 PM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- McKinney, TXBest 9:11 PM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- DallasBest 9:12 PM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- Frisco, TXBest 9:12 PM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).