Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Montgomery, AL
Best 2:30 AM–5:45 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 13 h
Times are local (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Montgomery, AL: 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
- Birmingham, AlabamaBest 2:17 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Tuscaloosa, ALBest 2:20 AM–5:50 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- South Fulton, GABest 3:08 AM–6:38 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- AtlantaBest 3:07 AM–6:37 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Huntsville, ALBest 2:16 AM–5:46 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Sandy Springs, GABest 3:07 AM–6:37 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Mobile, ALBest 2:37 AM–5:37 AM (radiant up to 55°)
- TallahasseeBest 3:22 AM–6:22 AM (radiant up to 55°)
- Chattanooga, TNBest 3:10 AM–6:40 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Murfreesboro, TNBest 2:15 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 61°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).