Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Simi Valley, CA
Best 2:24 AM–5:54 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 (PST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Simi Valley, CA: 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
- Thousand Oaks, CABest 2:25 AM–5:55 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Santa Clarita, CABest 2:24 AM–5:54 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Burbank, CABest 2:23 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Oxnard, CABest 2:26 AM–5:56 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), CABest 2:27 AM–5:57 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Los AngelesBest 2:22 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Torrance, CABest 2:23 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Pasadena, CABest 2:22 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Downey, CABest 2:22 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Lancaster, CABest 2:22 AM–5:52 AM (radiant up to 60°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).