Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Green Bay, WI
Best 1:36 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 68°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 14 h
Times are local (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Green Bay, WI: 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
- MilwaukeeBest 1:36 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- MadisonBest 1:42 AM–6:12 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- Elgin, ILBest 1:53 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Rockford, ILBest 1:41 AM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- ChicagoBest 1:50 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Aurora, ILBest 1:53 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Naperville, ILBest 1:52 AM–6:07 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Grand Rapids, MIBest 2:27 AM–6:57 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- Joliet, ILBest 1:52 AM–6:07 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- South Bend, INBest 2:45 AM–7:00 AM (radiant up to 66°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).