Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Baltimore
Best 2:21 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 63°).
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 (EST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Baltimore: 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
- Washington, D.C.Best 2:23 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- PhiladelphiaBest 2:00 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Allentown, PABest 2:01 AM–6:16 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Richmond, VirginiaBest 2:24 AM–6:09 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Newport News, VABest 2:21 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Hampton, VABest 2:20 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Norfolk, VABest 2:19 AM–6:04 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Virginia BeachBest 2:18 AM–6:03 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Suffolk, VABest 2:21 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Chesapeake, VABest 2:20 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 61°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).