Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Hanoi
Best 3:26 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 45°).
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 (GMT+7).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Hanoi: 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
- Da NangBest 3:47 AM–5:17 AM (radiant up to 41°)
- Hong KongBest 3:53 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 48°)
- BangkokBest 4:17 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 40°)
- Ho Chi Minh CityBest 4:08 AM–5:08 AM (radiant up to 35°)
- TaipeiBest 3:08 AM–5:38 AM (radiant up to 51°)
- ManilaBest 3:56 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 40°)
- KolkataBest 3:06 AM–5:21 AM (radiant up to 49°)
- Kuala LumpurBest 6:13 AM–6:28 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- ShanghaiBest 2:39 AM–5:39 AM (radiant up to 55°)
- SingaporeBest 6:04 AM–6:04 AM (radiant up to 25°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).