Thu, Aug 12
Perseids meteor shower 2027 from Shanghai
Best 11:39 PM–4:09 AM (radiant up to 59°).
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+8).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Shanghai: 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 Shanghai'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
- TaipeiBest 12:23 AM–4:23 AM (radiant up to 54°)
- Okinawa (Naha)Best 12:44 AM–4:59 AM (radiant up to 55°)
- FukuokaBest 11:48 PM–4:33 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- BeijingBest 10:59 PM–4:14 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Hong KongBest 1:08 AM–4:53 AM (radiant up to 52°)
- OsakaBest 11:27 PM–4:12 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- VladivostokBest 11:27 PM–4:57 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- NagoyaBest 11:07 PM–3:52 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- ManilaBest 1:26 AM–4:41 AM (radiant up to 45°)
- HanoiBest 12:41 AM–4:26 AM (radiant up to 50°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).