Wed, Apr 21

Lyrids meteor shower 2027 from Syracuse, NY

Best 11:34 PM–4:49 AM (radiant up to 80°).

Up to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 99% lit on the peak night.

in 171 days 13 h

Times are local (EDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Syracuse, NY

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Syracuse, NY: 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 Syracuse, NY'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.

Tonight's sky over Syracuse, NY →

Other cities

Rochester, New YorkBest 11:40 PM–4:55 AM (radiant up to 80°)
Albany, NYBest 11:25 PM–4:40 AM (radiant up to 81°)
Allentown, PABest 11:31 PM–5:01 AM (radiant up to 83°)
BuffaloBest 11:45 PM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 80°)
Paterson, NJBest 11:26 PM–4:56 AM (radiant up to 83°)
NewarkBest 11:26 PM–4:56 AM (radiant up to 83°)
Yonkers, NYBest 11:25 PM–4:55 AM (radiant up to 83°)
Jersey CityBest 11:26 PM–4:56 AM (radiant up to 83°)
New YorkBest 11:26 PM–4:56 AM (radiant up to 83°)
PhiladelphiaBest 11:30 PM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 84°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).