Fri, Aug 13
Perseids meteor shower 2027 from Sandy Springs, GA
Best 1:07 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 62°).
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 (EDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Sandy Springs, GA: 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.
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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
- AtlantaBest 1:07 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- South Fulton, GABest 1:08 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Chattanooga, TNBest 12:55 AM–5:55 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- KnoxvilleBest 12:50 AM–5:35 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Huntsville, ALBest 12:01 AM–5:01 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Birmingham, AlabamaBest 12:17 AM–5:02 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Montgomery, ALBest 12:30 AM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Murfreesboro, TNBest 12:00 AM–4:45 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Tuscaloosa, ALBest 12:20 AM–5:05 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- NashvilleBest 12:02 AM–4:47 AM (radiant up to 62°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).