Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Detroit
Best 2:17 AM–6:47 AM (radiant up to 67°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 15 h
Times are local (EST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Detroit: 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
- Warren, MIBest 2:17 AM–6:47 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- Sterling Heights, MIBest 2:17 AM–6:47 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- Ann Arbor, MIBest 2:19 AM–6:49 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- ToledoBest 2:34 AM–6:49 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Lansing, MIBest 2:23 AM–6:53 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- ClevelandBest 2:26 AM–6:41 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Akron, OHBest 2:26 AM–6:41 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Columbus, OhioBest 2:31 AM–6:31 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Fort WayneBest 2:40 AM–6:55 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Grand Rapids, MIBest 2:27 AM–6:57 AM (radiant up to 67°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).