Meteor showers
Leonids 2026
The Leonids are active from 6 November to 30 November and peak on 17 November 2026, 23:31 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 15 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 55% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 71 km/s; the stream comes from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle.
- Peak
- 17 November 2026 · 23:31 UTC
- Meteors an hour (ZHR)
- 15
- Speed
- 71 km/s
- Radiant height
- RA 10h08m · Dec +22°
- Parent body
- 55P/Tempel–Tuttle
- Moon at the peak
- 55%
Best time · 2026
| Country | Town | Best time | Radiant height | Expected per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | Nassau | 18 Nov 05:31 | 77° | 15 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 18 Nov 05:01 | 77° | 15 |
| United States | Washington | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Albania | Tirana | 18 Nov 05:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Algeria | Algiers | 18 Nov 06:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 18 Nov 06:31 | 68° | 14 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 18 Nov 06:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 18 Nov 06:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 17 Nov 05:01 | 72° | 14 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 18 Nov 05:01 | 72° | 14 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 17 Nov 05:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 18 Nov 05:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 18 Nov 06:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 18 Nov 05:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 17 Nov 05:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 18 Nov 05:31 | 64° | 14 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 18 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| China | Beijing | 17 Nov 05:31 | 68° | 14 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 18 Nov 04:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 18 Nov 05:31 | 65° | 14 |
| Cuba | Havana | 18 Nov 05:31 | 72° | 14 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 18 Nov 05:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 18 Nov 05:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 18 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 18 Nov 05:01 | 72° | 14 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 18 Nov 05:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 18 Nov 05:31 | 72° | 14 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 18 Nov 06:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 18 Nov 06:31 | 68° | 14 |
| Greece | Athens | 18 Nov 06:01 | 72° | 14 |
| Grenada | St. George's | 18 Nov 05:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 18 Nov 06:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 18 Nov 05:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 18 Nov 04:31 | 66° | 14 |
| India | New Delhi | 18 Nov 05:31 | 73° | 14 |
| Iran | Tehran | 18 Nov 05:31 | 72° | 14 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 18 Nov 05:31 | 74° | 14 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 18 Nov 05:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Italy | Rome | 18 Nov 05:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 17 Nov 05:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Jordan | Amman | 18 Nov 06:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 18 Nov 05:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 18 Nov 05:01 | 73° | 14 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 18 Nov 06:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 17 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 18 Nov 05:01 | 73° | 14 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 18 Nov 06:31 | 74° | 14 |
| Mali | Bamako | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Malta | Valletta | 18 Nov 05:31 | 72° | 14 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 17 Nov 05:31 | 65° | 14 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 18 Nov 06:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 18 Nov 05:31 | 70° | 14 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 18 Nov 06:01 | 66° | 14 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 18 Nov 05:01 | 66° | 14 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 18 Nov 06:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 17 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 17 Nov 05:16 | 74° | 14 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 18 Nov 04:31 | 66° | 14 |
| Niger | Niamey | 18 Nov 06:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 18 Nov 05:31 | 67° | 14 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 17 Nov 06:01 | 69° | 14 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 18 Nov 05:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Oman | Muscat | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 18 Nov 05:31 | 73° | 14 |
| Palau | Koror | 17 Nov 05:01 | 66° | 14 |
| Palestine | Giv'at Ze'ev | 18 Nov 05:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Philippines | Manila | 17 Nov 05:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 18 Nov 06:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Qatar | Doha | 18 Nov 04:31 | 71° | 14 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 18 Nov 06:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 18 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 18 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 18 Nov 05:01 | 69° | 14 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 18 Nov 05:31 | 65° | 14 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 18 Nov 05:01 | 73° | 14 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 18 Nov 06:01 | 68° | 14 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 18 Nov 05:01 | 64° | 14 |
| South Korea | Seoul | 17 Nov 06:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Spain | Madrid | 18 Nov 06:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 18 Nov 05:01 | 73° | 14 |
| Syria | Damascus | 18 Nov 06:01 | 74° | 14 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 17 Nov 05:01 | 73° | 14 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 18 Nov 06:01 | 71° | 14 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 17 Nov 05:01 | 66° | 14 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 18 Nov 05:01 | 67° | 14 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Türkiye | Ankara | 18 Nov 06:31 | 70° | 14 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 18 Nov 06:31 | 70° | 14 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 18 Nov 05:31 | 74° | 14 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 18 Nov 06:01 | 69° | 14 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 18 Nov 05:31 | 67° | 14 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 18 Nov 05:31 | 69° | 14 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 17 Nov 05:01 | 72° | 14 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 18 Nov 05:01 | 70° | 14 |
| Austria | Vienna | 18 Nov 05:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 18 Nov 07:01 | 58° | 13 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 18 Nov 06:31 | 61° | 13 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 18 Nov 05:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 17 Nov 05:01 | 61° | 13 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 18 Nov 05:01 | 61° | 13 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 18 Nov 04:31 | 61° | 13 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 18 Nov 04:31 | 60° | 13 |
| Czechia | Prague | 18 Nov 05:31 | 60° | 13 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 18 Nov 05:01 | 59° | 13 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 18 Nov 05:01 | 59° | 13 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 18 Nov 05:01 | 62° | 13 |
| France | Paris | 18 Nov 06:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Gabon | Libreville | 18 Nov 05:01 | 57° | 13 |
| Germany | Berlin | 18 Nov 06:01 | 59° | 13 |
| Ghana | Accra | 18 Nov 04:31 | 59° | 13 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 18 Nov 05:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 18 Nov 04:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 18 Nov 05:31 | 64° | 13 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 18 Nov 06:01 | 58° | 13 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 18 Nov 05:01 | 62° | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 18 Nov 06:01 | 60° | 13 |
| Kiribati | Teaoraereke Village | 17 Nov 05:01 | 57° | 13 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 18 Nov 05:31 | 63° | 13 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 18 Nov 06:01 | 64° | 13 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 18 Nov 06:01 | 57° | 13 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 18 Nov 06:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 17 Nov 06:01 | 61° | 13 |
| Maldives | Malé | 18 Nov 05:01 | 63° | 13 |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 17 Nov 05:01 | 60° | 13 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 18 Nov 05:31 | 63° | 13 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 17 Nov 06:31 | 63° | 13 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 17 Nov 05:31 | 56° | 13 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 18 Nov 06:31 | 59° | 13 |
| Panama | Panama City | 18 Nov 05:01 | 64° | 13 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 18 Nov 05:31 | 59° | 13 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 18 Nov 05:31 | 62° | 13 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 18 Nov 05:31 | 63° | 13 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 18 Nov 05:31 | 64° | 13 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 18 Nov 04:31 | 57° | 13 |
| South Sudan | Juba | 18 Nov 04:31 | 60° | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 17 Nov 05:01 | 64° | 13 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 18 Nov 05:31 | 63° | 13 |
| Switzerland | Bern | 18 Nov 06:01 | 63° | 13 |
| Togo | Lomé | 18 Nov 04:31 | 61° | 13 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 18 Nov 05:31 | 58° | 13 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 18 Nov 05:31 | 60° | 13 |
| United Kingdom | London | 18 Nov 05:31 | 59° | 13 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 18 Nov 04:31 | 53° | 12 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 18 Nov 04:31 | 53° | 12 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 18 Nov 06:01 | 56° | 12 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 18 Nov 06:01 | 52° | 12 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 18 Nov 06:01 | 51° | 12 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 17 Nov 04:31 | 52° | 12 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 18 Nov 05:01 | 54° | 12 |
| Latvia | Riga | 18 Nov 06:01 | 54° | 12 |
| Norway | Oslo | 18 Nov 06:01 | 52° | 12 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 18 Nov 04:31 | 53° | 12 |
| Russia | Moscow | 18 Nov 06:01 | 55° | 12 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 18 Nov 04:31 | 54° | 12 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 18 Nov 04:01 | 55° | 12 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 18 Nov 05:01 | 54° | 12 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 17 Nov 05:31 | 55° | 12 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 18 Nov 05:31 | 52° | 12 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 18 Nov 05:01 | 50° | 12 |
| Angola | Luanda | 18 Nov 04:31 | 48° | 11 |
| Comoros | Moroni | 18 Nov 04:31 | 46° | 11 |
| East Timor | Dili | 17 Nov 05:01 | 48° | 11 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 18 Nov 07:01 | 47° | 11 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 17 Nov 04:31 | 47° | 11 |
| Peru | Lima | 18 Nov 04:31 | 46° | 11 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | 17 Nov 04:31 | 45° | 11 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | 17 Nov 04:31 | 49° | 11 |
| Brazil | Brasília | 18 Nov 04:31 | 42° | 10 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 18 Nov 04:01 | 43° | 10 |
| Samoa | Apia | 17 Nov 04:31 | 41° | 10 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | 17 Nov 04:01 | 40° | 10 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 18 Nov 04:31 | 43° | 10 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 18 Nov 04:31 | 38° | 9 |
| Fiji | Suva | 17 Nov 04:01 | 36° | 9 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 18 Nov 04:01 | 38° | 9 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 18 Nov 05:01 | 35° | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 18 Nov 04:01 | 38° | 9 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 18 Nov 04:01 | 30° | 8 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 18 Nov 04:01 | 34° | 8 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | 18 Nov 04:01 | 31° | 8 |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 17 Nov 04:31 | 33° | 8 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 18 Nov 03:31 | 28° | 7 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 18 Nov 04:01 | 28° | 7 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 18 Nov 03:31 | 29° | 7 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | 18 Nov 04:31 | 29° | 7 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 18 Nov 04:31 | 22° | 6 |
| Australia | Canberra | 17 Nov 04:31 | 20° | 5 |
| Chile | Santiago | 18 Nov 05:01 | 20° | 5 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 18 Nov 04:01 | 19° | 5 |
| New Zealand | Wellington | 17 Nov 04:31 | 13° | 3 |
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.