Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Melbourne
Radiant stays low: few meteors.
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+11).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Melbourne: 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
- SydneyRadiant stays low: few meteors
- BrisbaneRadiant stays low: few meteors
- PerthRadiant stays low: few meteors
- AucklandRadiant stays low: few meteors
- Bali (Denpasar)Radiant stays low: few meteors
- JakartaRadiant stays low: few meteors
- GuamBest 4:21 AM–5:51 AM (radiant up to 39°)
- CebuBest 3:59 AM–4:59 AM (radiant up to 35°)
- SingaporeBest 6:04 AM–6:04 AM (radiant up to 25°)
- ManilaBest 3:56 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 40°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).