Thu, Apr 22
Lyrids meteor shower 2027 from Laredo
Best 12:38 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 83°).
Up to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 99% lit on the peak night.
in 171 days 15 h
Times are local (CDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Laredo: 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 Laredo'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 18 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
- Edinburg, TXBest 12:32 AM–6:02 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- McAllen, TXBest 12:32 AM–6:02 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- Corpus ChristiBest 12:29 AM–5:59 AM (radiant up to 84°)
- San AntonioBest 12:33 AM–5:48 AM (radiant up to 85°)
- Brownsville, TXBest 12:29 AM–5:59 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- New Braunfels, TXBest 12:32 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 86°)
- AustinBest 12:30 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 86°)
- Round Rock, TXBest 12:30 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 86°)
- Killeen, TXBest 12:30 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Sugar Land, TXBest 12:22 AM–5:37 AM (radiant up to 86°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).