Wed, Oct 21
Orionids meteor shower 2026 from Sydney
Best 2:25 AM–4:55 AM (radiant up to 40°).
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+11).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Sydney: 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 Sydney'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
- BrisbaneBest 1:02 AM–4:02 AM (radiant up to 47°)
- MelbourneBest 3:20 AM–5:20 AM (radiant up to 36°)
- AucklandBest 3:05 AM–5:20 AM (radiant up to 37°)
- PerthBest 1:46 AM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 42°)
- Bali (Denpasar)Best 12:49 AM–5:04 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- GuamBest 12:21 AM–5:21 AM (radiant up to 87°)
- CebuBest 11:44 PM–4:44 AM (radiant up to 84°)
- JakartaBest 12:22 AM–4:37 AM (radiant up to 68°)
- ManilaBest 11:56 PM–4:56 AM (radiant up to 88°)
- SingaporeBest 1:19 AM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 75°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).