Thu, Aug 12
Perseids meteor shower 2027 from Pyeongtaek
Best 11:46 PM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 63°).
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 (GMT+9).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Pyeongtaek: 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 Pyeongtaek'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.
Other cities
- CheonanBest 11:46 PM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- AsanBest 11:46 PM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- SuwonBest 11:31 PM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- HwaseongBest 11:32 PM–4:32 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- AnsanBest 11:32 PM–4:32 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- AnyangBest 11:32 PM–4:32 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- SeongnamBest 11:31 PM–4:31 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- SejongBest 11:45 PM–4:30 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- IcheonBest 11:30 PM–4:30 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- GwangmyeongBest 11:32 PM–4:32 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).