Wed, Nov 17
Leonids meteor shower 2027 from Santa Maria, CA
Best 1:31 AM–5:31 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 (PST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Santa Maria, CA: 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 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.
Other cities
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), CABest 1:27 AM–5:27 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- Oxnard, CABest 1:26 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- BakersfieldBest 1:26 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- Thousand Oaks, CABest 1:25 AM–5:25 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- Visalia, CABest 1:27 AM–5:27 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- Simi Valley, CABest 1:24 AM–5:24 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- FresnoBest 1:29 AM–5:29 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- Santa Clarita, CABest 1:24 AM–5:24 AM (radiant up to 73°)
- Salinas, CABest 1:36 AM–5:36 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- Burbank, CABest 1:23 AM–5:23 AM (radiant up to 73°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).