Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Little Rock
Best 2:39 AM–6:09 AM (radiant up to 60°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 16 h
Times are local (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Little Rock: 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.
Put Little Rock's sky in your calendar
Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.
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
- MemphisBest 2:30 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Fayetteville, ARBest 2:46 AM–6:16 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Springfield, MOBest 2:28 AM–6:13 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Shreveport, LABest 3:00 AM–6:15 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- Jackson, MSBest 2:45 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- Broken Arrow, OKBest 2:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Tyler, TXBest 3:06 AM–6:21 AM (radiant up to 58°)
- TulsaBest 2:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Columbia, MOBest 2:24 AM–6:09 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- St. LouisBest 2:15 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 62°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).