Wed, Apr 21
Lyrids meteor shower 2027 from Taipei
Best 11:08 PM–4:23 AM (radiant up to 81°).
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 (GMT+8).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Taipei: 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 Taipei'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
- ShanghaiBest 10:54 PM–4:09 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- Okinawa (Naha)Best 11:44 PM–4:59 AM (radiant up to 82°)
- Hong KongBest 11:38 PM–4:53 AM (radiant up to 78°)
- ManilaBest 11:26 PM–4:41 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- FukuokaBest 11:03 PM–4:33 AM (radiant up to 89°)
- CebuBest 11:29 PM–4:29 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- BeijingBest 10:44 PM–4:14 AM (radiant up to 84°)
- Da NangBest 11:17 PM–4:32 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- HanoiBest 11:11 PM–4:26 AM (radiant up to 77°)
- OsakaBest 10:42 PM–4:12 AM (radiant up to 89°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).