Meteor showers
Alpha Capricornids 2027
The Alpha Capricornids are active from 3 July to 15 August and peak on 30 July 2027, 18:22 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 5 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 10% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 23 km/s; the stream comes from 169P/NEAT.
- Peak
- 30 July 2027 · 18:22 UTC
- Meteors an hour (ZHR)
- 5
- Speed
- 23 km/s
- Radiant height
- RA 20h28m · Dec -10°
- Parent body
- 169P/NEAT
- Moon at the peak
- 10%
Best time · 2027
| Country | Town | Best time | Radiant height | Expected per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | Luanda | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 31 Jul 00:22 | 65° | 5 |
| Australia | Canberra | 30 Jul 00:22 | 64° | 5 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 31 Jul 23:22 | 66° | 5 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 30 Jul 00:22 | 73° | 5 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 31 Jul 23:52 | 79° | 5 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 30 Jul 23:52 | 75° | 5 |
| Brazil | Brasília | 31 Jul 23:52 | 83° | 5 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 30 Jul 00:52 | 73° | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 30 Jul 23:52 | 68° | 5 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 30 Jul 00:22 | 67° | 5 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 30 Jul 23:52 | 76° | 5 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 30 Jul 23:22 | 75° | 5 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 30 Jul 23:22 | 66° | 5 |
| Chile | Santiago | 31 Jul 00:22 | 66° | 5 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 31 Jul 23:22 | 74° | 5 |
| Comoros | Moroni | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 31 Jul 22:52 | 68° | 5 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 30 Jul 23:52 | 68° | 5 |
| East Timor | Dili | 30 Jul 00:52 | 85° | 5 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 31 Jul 23:52 | 80° | 5 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 31 Jul 23:22 | 65° | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 30 Jul 23:52 | 75° | 5 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 30 Jul 23:22 | 72° | 5 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 30 Jul 23:52 | 70° | 5 |
| Fiji | Suva | 30 Jul 00:22 | 81° | 5 |
| Gabon | Libreville | 30 Jul 23:52 | 78° | 5 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 31 Jul 00:52 | 66° | 5 |
| Ghana | Accra | 30 Jul 23:22 | 72° | 5 |
| Grenada | St. George's | 31 Jul 23:52 | 68° | 5 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 31 Jul 00:22 | 69° | 5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 31 Jul 00:22 | 67° | 5 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 31 Jul 23:22 | 72° | 5 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 31 Jul 23:22 | 65° | 5 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 30 Jul 00:22 | 81° | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 30 Jul 23:52 | 72° | 5 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 30 Jul 23:52 | 78° | 5 |
| Kiribati | Teaoraereke Village | 30 Jul 00:52 | 77° | 5 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 30 Jul 23:52 | 70° | 5 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 31 Jul 00:22 | 73° | 5 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 30 Jul 23:22 | 84° | 5 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 30 Jul 01:22 | 76° | 5 |
| Maldives | Malé | 30 Jul 23:52 | 76° | 5 |
| Mali | Bamako | 30 Jul 23:52 | 66° | 5 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 30 Jul 00:52 | 72° | 5 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 30 Jul 23:52 | 79° | 5 |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 30 Jul 00:52 | 72° | 5 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 30 Jul 23:22 | 73° | 5 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 30 Jul 00:22 | 76° | 5 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 30 Jul 01:22 | 77° | 5 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 31 Jul 23:22 | 68° | 5 |
| Niger | Niamey | 30 Jul 00:22 | 66° | 5 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 30 Jul 23:52 | 69° | 5 |
| Palau | Koror | 30 Jul 00:22 | 72° | 5 |
| Panama | Panama City | 31 Jul 23:52 | 70° | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 30 Jul 00:22 | 86° | 5 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | 31 Jul 00:22 | 74° | 5 |
| Peru | Lima | 31 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Philippines | Manila | 30 Jul 00:22 | 64° | 5 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 30 Jul 23:22 | 79° | 5 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 31 Jul 23:22 | 64° | 5 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 31 Jul 23:22 | 65° | 5 |
| Samoa | Apia | 30 Jul 00:52 | 82° | 5 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 30 Jul 22:52 | 76° | 5 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 31 Jul 00:52 | 65° | 5 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 30 Jul 23:52 | 83° | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 31 Jul 00:22 | 70° | 5 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 30 Jul 01:22 | 77° | 5 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | 30 Jul 00:52 | 81° | 5 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 30 Jul 23:22 | 76° | 5 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | 30 Jul 23:22 | 72° | 5 |
| South Sudan | Juba | 30 Jul 23:22 | 74° | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 30 Jul 23:52 | 73° | 5 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 31 Jul 00:22 | 74° | 5 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 30 Jul 00:22 | 85° | 5 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 30 Jul 00:22 | 66° | 5 |
| Togo | Lomé | 30 Jul 23:22 | 72° | 5 |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 30 Jul 00:52 | 78° | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 31 Jul 23:22 | 67° | 5 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | 30 Jul 00:22 | 84° | 5 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 30 Jul 00:22 | 78° | 5 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 31 Jul 00:22 | 65° | 5 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | 30 Jul 00:22 | 78° | 5 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 31 Jul 23:52 | 68° | 5 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 30 Jul 23:22 | 79° | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 30 Jul 23:22 | 80° | 5 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 30 Jul 23:22 | 45° | 4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 31 Jul 23:52 | 63° | 4 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 31 Jul 00:52 | 55° | 4 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 30 Jul 23:22 | 54° | 4 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 30 Jul 00:22 | 56° | 4 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 31 Jul 23:22 | 62° | 4 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 30 Jul 00:22 | 52° | 4 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 31 Jul 23:52 | 64° | 4 |
| Cuba | Havana | 31 Jul 00:52 | 56° | 4 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 30 Jul 00:22 | 45° | 4 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 31 Jul 23:22 | 63° | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 31 Jul 00:22 | 61° | 4 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 30 Jul 00:22 | 49° | 4 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 30 Jul 23:52 | 64° | 4 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 31 Jul 23:22 | 64° | 4 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 31 Jul 00:22 | 61° | 4 |
| India | New Delhi | 30 Jul 23:52 | 51° | 4 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 30 Jul 23:22 | 46° | 4 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 30 Jul 00:22 | 48° | 4 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 31 Jul 23:52 | 62° | 4 |
| Jordan | Amman | 30 Jul 00:22 | 48° | 4 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 30 Jul 23:22 | 50° | 4 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 30 Jul 00:22 | 62° | 4 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 30 Jul 00:22 | 46° | 4 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 30 Jul 00:52 | 47° | 4 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 31 Jul 00:22 | 61° | 4 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 30 Jul 00:52 | 60° | 4 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 30 Jul 23:52 | 45° | 4 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 30 Jul 00:22 | 60° | 4 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 30 Jul 00:07 | 52° | 4 |
| New Zealand | Wellington | 30 Jul 00:52 | 58° | 4 |
| Oman | Muscat | 30 Jul 23:52 | 56° | 4 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 30 Jul 23:52 | 46° | 4 |
| Palestine | Giv'at Ze'ev | 30 Jul 00:22 | 48° | 4 |
| Qatar | Doha | 30 Jul 22:52 | 54° | 4 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 31 Jul 23:52 | 63° | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 30 Jul 23:22 | 55° | 4 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 30 Jul 23:22 | 64° | 4 |
| Syria | Damascus | 30 Jul 00:22 | 46° | 4 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 30 Jul 00:22 | 54° | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 30 Jul 23:52 | 55° | 4 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 30 Jul 00:22 | 58° | 4 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 30 Jul 23:22 | 63° | 4 |
| United States | Washington | 31 Jul 00:52 | 41° | 3 |
| Albania | Tirana | 30 Jul 00:22 | 39° | 3 |
| Algeria | Algiers | 30 Jul 00:22 | 43° | 3 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 30 Jul 01:22 | 37° | 3 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 30 Jul 00:22 | 39° | 3 |
| Austria | Vienna | 30 Jul 00:22 | 32° | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 30 Jul 00:22 | 40° | 3 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 30 Jul 00:22 | 36° | 3 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 30 Jul 00:52 | 37° | 3 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 31 Jul 00:22 | 34° | 3 |
| China | Beijing | 30 Jul 00:22 | 40° | 3 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 30 Jul 00:22 | 34° | 3 |
| France | Paris | 30 Jul 01:22 | 31° | 3 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 30 Jul 00:22 | 38° | 3 |
| Greece | Athens | 30 Jul 00:52 | 42° | 3 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 30 Jul 00:22 | 32° | 3 |
| Iran | Tehran | 30 Jul 23:52 | 44° | 3 |
| Italy | Rome | 30 Jul 00:52 | 38° | 3 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 30 Jul 23:52 | 44° | 3 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 30 Jul 00:22 | 37° | 3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 30 Jul 00:22 | 37° | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 30 Jul 00:52 | 33° | 3 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 30 Jul 01:22 | 30° | 3 |
| Malta | Valletta | 30 Jul 00:22 | 43° | 3 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 30 Jul 00:52 | 33° | 3 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 30 Jul 00:52 | 36° | 3 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 30 Jul 01:22 | 32° | 3 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 30 Jul 00:22 | 37° | 3 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 30 Jul 00:52 | 41° | 3 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 30 Jul 00:22 | 38° | 3 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 31 Jul 01:22 | 41° | 3 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 30 Jul 00:52 | 35° | 3 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 30 Jul 00:52 | 36° | 3 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 30 Jul 00:22 | 35° | 3 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 30 Jul 00:22 | 32° | 3 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 30 Jul 00:22 | 33° | 3 |
| South Korea | Seoul | 30 Jul 00:52 | 42° | 3 |
| Spain | Madrid | 30 Jul 01:52 | 39° | 3 |
| Switzerland | Bern | 30 Jul 00:52 | 33° | 3 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 30 Jul 23:52 | 41° | 3 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 30 Jul 23:52 | 43° | 3 |
| Türkiye | Ankara | 30 Jul 00:22 | 40° | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 30 Jul 00:52 | 42° | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 30 Jul 23:52 | 38° | 3 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 30 Jul 00:52 | 38° | 3 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 30 Jul 00:52 | 26° | 2 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 30 Jul 01:22 | 29° | 2 |
| Czechia | Prague | 30 Jul 00:52 | 30° | 2 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 30 Jul 00:52 | 24° | 2 |
| Germany | Berlin | 30 Jul 00:52 | 27° | 2 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 30 Jul 00:52 | 26° | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 30 Jul 23:52 | 29° | 2 |
| Latvia | Riga | 30 Jul 00:52 | 23° | 2 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 30 Jul 00:52 | 25° | 2 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 30 Jul 01:22 | 28° | 2 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 30 Jul 00:22 | 28° | 2 |
| Russia | Moscow | 30 Jul 23:52 | 24° | 2 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 30 Jul 00:22 | 29° | 2 |
| United Kingdom | London | 30 Jul 00:22 | 28° | 2 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Finland | Helsinki | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Norway | Oslo | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | – | below the horizon | 0 |
How it is calculated
Eclipses, moonrise and moonset and the phases are computed for each place from the positions of the sun and the moon (VSOP87 and ELP theories, accurate to about a minute of arc). Times are local; the height of the sun or moon is above the place's horizon.
Meteor rates assume a dark sky: city lights and haze lower them a lot. The expected number per hour counts the radiant's height and the moon's light at the best hour of the peak night.