Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Sangju
Best 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 61°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 14 h
Times are local (GMT+9).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Sangju: 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 Sangju'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
- GimcheonBest 2:57 AM–6:27 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- GumiBest 2:56 AM–6:26 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- AndongBest 2:55 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- ChungjuBest 2:43 AM–6:28 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- YeongjuBest 2:40 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- DaeguBest 2:55 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- CheongjuBest 3:00 AM–6:30 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- DaejeonBest 3:00 AM–6:30 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- GyeongsanBest 2:55 AM–6:25 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- SejongBest 3:00 AM–6:30 AM (radiant up to 61°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).