Sun, Jan 3
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Anchorage
Best 6:14 PM–6:29 PM (radiant up to 27°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 13 h
Times are local (AKST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Anchorage: 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 110 an hour from a dark place.
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
- FairbanksBest 5:50 PM–7:50 PM (radiant up to 31°)
- VancouverBest 2:27 AM–7:42 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- Everett, WABest 1:23 AM–6:38 AM (radiant up to 71°)
- SeattleBest 1:24 AM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 69°)
- Tacoma, WABest 1:39 AM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 69°)
- Renton, WABest 1:23 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 69°)
- Kent, WABest 1:38 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 69°)
- Hillsboro, ORBest 2:41 AM–7:26 AM (radiant up to 68°)
- Portland, OregonBest 1:40 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 68°)
- Salem, ORBest 2:42 AM–7:27 AM (radiant up to 68°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).