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← Lyrids meteor shower 2027

Wed, Apr 21

Lyrids meteor shower 2027 from Washington, D.C.

Best 11:38 PM–5:08 AM (radiant up to 85°).

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

in 171 days 12 h

Times are local (EDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Washington, D.C.

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Washington, D.C.: 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 Washington, D.C.'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 Washington, D.C. →

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Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).