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← Leonids meteor shower 2027

Wed, Nov 17

Leonids meteor shower 2027 from Fayetteville, NC

Best 1:45 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 73°).

Up to about 15 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 90% lit on the peak night.

in 380 days 12 h

Times are local (EST).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Fayetteville, NC

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Fayetteville, NC: 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 Fayetteville, NC's sky in your calendar

Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.

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 15 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.
Tonight's sky over Fayetteville, NC →

Other cities

  • Cary, NCBest 1:45 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • RaleighBest 1:44 AM–5:44 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • DurhamBest 1:45 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • GreensboroBest 1:49 AM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • High Point, NCBest 1:49 AM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • Wilmington, NCBest 1:41 AM–5:41 AM (radiant up to 73°)
  • Winston-SalemBest 1:50 AM–5:50 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • Concord, NCBest 1:52 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • CharlotteBest 1:53 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 72°)
  • Columbia, SCBest 1:53 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 73°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).