Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Las Cruces, NM
Best 2:52 AM–6:07 AM (radiant up to 58°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 12 h
Times are local (MST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Las Cruces, NM: 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
- El PasoBest 2:50 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- AlbuquerqueBest 2:36 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Rio Rancho, NMBest 2:36 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- TucsonBest 3:08 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- Odessa, TXBest 3:34 AM–6:49 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- Midland, TXBest 3:33 AM–6:48 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- LubbockBest 3:17 AM–6:47 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- GilbertBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- ChandlerBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- MesaBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).