Tue, Oct 20
Orionids meteor shower 2026 from Sapporo
Best 11:19 PM–4:49 AM (radiant up to 63°).
Up to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 72% lit on the peak night.
This has passed
Times are local (GMT+9).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Sapporo: 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 Sapporo'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 20 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
- TokyoBest 11:26 PM–4:41 AM (radiant up to 70°)
- NagoyaBest 11:37 PM–4:52 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- VladivostokBest 12:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- OsakaBest 11:42 PM–4:57 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- FukuokaBest 12:03 AM–5:18 AM (radiant up to 72°)
- Okinawa (Naha)Best 12:29 AM–5:29 AM (radiant up to 80°)
- ShanghaiBest 11:39 PM–4:54 AM (radiant up to 75°)
- BeijingBest 11:59 PM–5:14 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- TaipeiBest 11:53 PM–4:53 AM (radiant up to 81°)
- GuamBest 12:21 AM–5:21 AM (radiant up to 87°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).