Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Fishers, IN
Best 2:43 AM–6:43 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 15 h
Times are local (EST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Fishers, IN: 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
- Carmel, INBest 2:44 AM–6:44 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- IndianapolisBest 2:44 AM–6:44 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Fort WayneBest 2:40 AM–6:55 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- CincinnatiBest 2:53 AM–6:38 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- LouisvilleBest 2:58 AM–6:43 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- South Bend, INBest 2:45 AM–7:00 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Dayton, OHBest 2:36 AM–6:36 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Lexington, KentuckyBest 2:52 AM–6:37 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Evansville, INBest 2:05 AM–5:50 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- ChicagoBest 1:50 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 66°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).