Thu, Aug 12

Perseids meteor shower 2027 from Portland, Oregon

Best 11:10 PM–4:40 AM (radiant up to 66°).

Up to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 84% lit on the peak night.

in 284 days 11 h

Times are local (PDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Portland, Oregon

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Portland, Oregon: 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 Portland, Oregon'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 100 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 Portland, Oregon →

Other cities

Gresham, ORBest 12:09 AM–5:39 AM (radiant up to 66°)
Hillsboro, ORBest 12:11 AM–5:41 AM (radiant up to 66°)
Salem, ORBest 12:12 AM–5:42 AM (radiant up to 66°)
Eugene, ORBest 12:27 AM–5:57 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Tacoma, WABest 10:54 PM–4:39 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Kent, WABest 10:38 PM–4:38 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Bend, ORBest 12:20 AM–5:50 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Renton, WABest 10:38 PM–4:38 AM (radiant up to 67°)
SeattleBest 10:39 PM–4:39 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Everett, WABest 10:38 PM–4:38 AM (radiant up to 68°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).