Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Lewisville, TX
Best 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°).
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 (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Lewisville, TX: 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
- Carrollton, TXBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Frisco, TXBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Irving, TXBest 3:12 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Denton, TXBest 2:58 AM–6:28 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- PlanoBest 2:56 AM–6:26 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- DallasBest 3:12 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Arlington, TexasBest 3:13 AM–6:28 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- McKinney, TXBest 2:56 AM–6:26 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Fort WorthBest 3:14 AM–6:29 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Mesquite, TXBest 3:11 AM–6:26 AM (radiant up to 59°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).