Meteor showers
Lyrids 2027
The Lyrids are active from 14 April to 30 April and peak on 23 April 2027, 01:38 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 18 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 95% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 49 km/s; the stream comes from C/1861 G1 (Thatcher).
- Peak
- 23 April 2027 · 01:38 UTC
- Meteors an hour (ZHR)
- 18
- Speed
- 49 km/s
- Radiant height
- RA 18h04m · Dec +34°
- Parent body
- C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
- Moon at the peak
- 95%
Best time · 2027
| Country | Town | Best time | Radiant height | Expected per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 23 Apr 01:38 | 44° | 13 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 22 Apr 00:08 | 35° | 10 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 22 Apr 00:08 | 35° | 10 |
| Norway | Oslo | 22 Apr 00:08 | 35° | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 23 Apr 22:38 | 30° | 9 |
| Latvia | Riga | 22 Apr 23:38 | 30° | 9 |
| Russia | Moscow | 22 Apr 22:38 | 29° | 9 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 22 Apr 23:08 | 31° | 9 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 22 Apr 23:08 | 27° | 8 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 22 Apr 23:08 | 26° | 8 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 23 Apr 23:08 | 27° | 8 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 22 Apr 22:38 | 23° | 7 |
| Germany | Berlin | 22 Apr 22:38 | 22° | 7 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 22 Apr 23:08 | 24° | 7 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 22 Apr 23:08 | 22° | 7 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 22 Apr 22:08 | 22° | 7 |
| United Kingdom | London | 22 Apr 22:38 | 23° | 7 |
| United States | Washington | 23 Apr 04:38 | 82° | 6 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 22 Apr 04:08 | 87° | 6 |
| Albania | Tirana | 23 Apr 04:08 | 80° | 6 |
| Algeria | Algiers | 23 Apr 04:08 | 82° | 6 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 23 Apr 05:08 | 78° | 6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 23 Apr 03:38 | 72° | 6 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 23 Apr 04:38 | 82° | 6 |
| Austria | Vienna | 23 Apr 04:08 | 73° | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 23 Apr 04:38 | 84° | 6 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 23 Apr 04:38 | 79° | 6 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 23 Apr 04:08 | 80° | 6 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 22 Apr 04:08 | 80° | 6 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 23 Apr 03:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 23 Apr 04:38 | 70° | 6 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 23 Apr 03:38 | 73° | 6 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 23 Apr 04:38 | 62° | 6 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 22 Apr 04:08 | 83° | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 23 Apr 04:08 | 78° | 6 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 23 Apr 04:38 | 77° | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 23 Apr 03:38 | 67° | 6 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 22 Apr 04:38 | 66° | 6 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 23 Apr 04:38 | 78° | 6 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 23 Apr 04:08 | 70° | 6 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 23 Apr 03:38 | 68° | 6 |
| China | Beijing | 22 Apr 04:08 | 84° | 6 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 23 Apr 03:38 | 60° | 6 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 23 Apr 03:08 | 65° | 6 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 23 Apr 04:08 | 75° | 6 |
| Cuba | Havana | 23 Apr 05:08 | 78° | 6 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 23 Apr 04:38 | 88° | 6 |
| Czechia | Prague | 23 Apr 04:08 | 71° | 6 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 23 Apr 04:38 | 67° | 6 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 23 Apr 03:38 | 70° | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 23 Apr 04:08 | 73° | 6 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 23 Apr 03:38 | 85° | 6 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 23 Apr 03:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 23 Apr 04:38 | 71° | 6 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 23 Apr 04:38 | 65° | 6 |
| France | Paris | 23 Apr 05:08 | 73° | 6 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 23 Apr 04:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 23 Apr 04:38 | 81° | 6 |
| Ghana | Accra | 23 Apr 03:38 | 61° | 6 |
| Greece | Athens | 23 Apr 04:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Grenada | St. George's | 23 Apr 03:38 | 67° | 6 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 23 Apr 03:38 | 70° | 6 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 23 Apr 04:38 | 65° | 6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 23 Apr 04:38 | 67° | 6 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 23 Apr 03:38 | 63° | 6 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 23 Apr 04:08 | 72° | 6 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 23 Apr 03:08 | 68° | 6 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 23 Apr 04:08 | 75° | 6 |
| India | New Delhi | 22 Apr 04:38 | 84° | 6 |
| Iran | Tehran | 23 Apr 04:08 | 88° | 6 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 23 Apr 04:08 | 89° | 6 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 23 Apr 04:38 | 88° | 6 |
| Italy | Rome | 23 Apr 04:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 23 Apr 04:08 | 63° | 6 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 23 Apr 03:38 | 73° | 6 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 22 Apr 03:38 | 88° | 6 |
| Jordan | Amman | 23 Apr 04:38 | 88° | 6 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 23 Apr 04:08 | 80° | 6 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 23 Apr 04:08 | 84° | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 22 Apr 04:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 22 Apr 04:38 | 73° | 6 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 23 Apr 04:38 | 90° | 6 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 23 Apr 04:08 | 61° | 6 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 23 Apr 04:38 | 84° | 6 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 23 Apr 04:38 | 75° | 6 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 23 Apr 04:38 | 71° | 6 |
| Mali | Bamako | 23 Apr 04:08 | 68° | 6 |
| Malta | Valletta | 23 Apr 04:38 | 85° | 6 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 23 Apr 04:38 | 73° | 6 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 23 Apr 04:08 | 74° | 6 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 23 Apr 04:38 | 76° | 6 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 23 Apr 05:08 | 79° | 6 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 23 Apr 04:08 | 79° | 6 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 23 Apr 04:08 | 86° | 6 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 22 Apr 04:38 | 74° | 6 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 22 Apr 04:23 | 83° | 6 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 23 Apr 03:08 | 67° | 6 |
| Niger | Niamey | 23 Apr 04:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 23 Apr 04:08 | 65° | 6 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 22 Apr 04:38 | 85° | 6 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 23 Apr 04:08 | 81° | 6 |
| Oman | Muscat | 23 Apr 04:38 | 77° | 6 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 22 Apr 04:08 | 90° | 6 |
| Palestine | Giv'at Ze'ev | 23 Apr 04:38 | 88° | 6 |
| Panama | Panama City | 23 Apr 03:38 | 63° | 6 |
| Philippines | Manila | 22 Apr 04:38 | 68° | 6 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 23 Apr 05:08 | 83° | 6 |
| Qatar | Doha | 23 Apr 04:08 | 79° | 6 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 23 Apr 04:38 | 77° | 6 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 23 Apr 03:38 | 72° | 6 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 23 Apr 03:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 23 Apr 03:38 | 68° | 6 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 23 Apr 04:38 | 78° | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 23 Apr 04:08 | 80° | 6 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 23 Apr 04:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 23 Apr 04:08 | 78° | 6 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 23 Apr 04:38 | 64° | 6 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 23 Apr 04:08 | 74° | 6 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 23 Apr 04:38 | 77° | 6 |
| South Korea | Seoul | 22 Apr 04:38 | 86° | 6 |
| Spain | Madrid | 23 Apr 05:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 22 Apr 04:38 | 62° | 6 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 23 Apr 03:38 | 71° | 6 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 23 Apr 04:08 | 61° | 6 |
| Switzerland | Bern | 23 Apr 04:38 | 74° | 6 |
| Syria | Damascus | 23 Apr 04:38 | 89° | 6 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 22 Apr 04:08 | 81° | 6 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 22 Apr 04:08 | 84° | 6 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 22 Apr 04:38 | 69° | 6 |
| Togo | Lomé | 23 Apr 03:38 | 62° | 6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 23 Apr 03:38 | 66° | 6 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 23 Apr 03:38 | 81° | 6 |
| Türkiye | Ankara | 23 Apr 04:38 | 84° | 6 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 23 Apr 05:08 | 86° | 6 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 23 Apr 04:08 | 71° | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 23 Apr 04:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 22 Apr 04:08 | 82° | 6 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 23 Apr 04:38 | 80° | 6 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 23 Apr 04:08 | 66° | 6 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 22 Apr 04:38 | 74° | 6 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 23 Apr 04:38 | 70° | 6 |
| Angola | Luanda | 23 Apr 03:38 | 47° | 5 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 22 Apr 04:38 | 61° | 5 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 23 Apr 03:38 | 52° | 5 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 23 Apr 03:38 | 59° | 5 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 23 Apr 03:08 | 59° | 5 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 23 Apr 03:38 | 51° | 5 |
| East Timor | Dili | 22 Apr 05:08 | 47° | 5 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 23 Apr 03:38 | 55° | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 23 Apr 04:08 | 60° | 5 |
| Gabon | Libreville | 23 Apr 04:08 | 56° | 5 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 22 Apr 04:08 | 50° | 5 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 23 Apr 04:38 | 55° | 5 |
| Kiribati | Teaoraereke Village | 22 Apr 05:08 | 56° | 5 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 22 Apr 05:38 | 59° | 5 |
| Maldives | Malé | 22 Apr 04:38 | 59° | 5 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 22 Apr 05:08 | 62° | 5 |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 22 Apr 05:08 | 61° | 5 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 22 Apr 05:08 | 55° | 5 |
| Palau | Koror | 22 Apr 04:38 | 62° | 5 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 23 Apr 03:38 | 51° | 5 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 23 Apr 03:38 | 54° | 5 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 23 Apr 03:08 | 56° | 5 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 23 Apr 04:38 | 51° | 5 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 22 Apr 05:38 | 56° | 5 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 23 Apr 04:38 | 57° | 5 |
| South Sudan | Juba | 23 Apr 03:38 | 61° | 5 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 23 Apr 04:38 | 50° | 5 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 23 Apr 04:38 | 56° | 5 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 23 Apr 04:08 | 37° | 4 |
| Brazil | Brasília | 23 Apr 03:38 | 40° | 4 |
| Comoros | Moroni | 23 Apr 04:38 | 44° | 4 |
| Fiji | Suva | 22 Apr 04:38 | 37° | 4 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 23 Apr 04:08 | 37° | 4 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 23 Apr 03:38 | 42° | 4 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 23 Apr 04:38 | 35° | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 22 Apr 04:38 | 46° | 4 |
| Peru | Lima | 23 Apr 03:38 | 43° | 4 |
| Samoa | Apia | 22 Apr 04:38 | 42° | 4 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | 22 Apr 04:38 | 46° | 4 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | 22 Apr 04:38 | 47° | 4 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | 22 Apr 04:08 | 38° | 4 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 23 Apr 03:38 | 40° | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 23 Apr 03:38 | 38° | 4 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 23 Apr 04:08 | 31° | 3 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 23 Apr 03:38 | 30° | 3 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 23 Apr 04:08 | 27° | 3 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 23 Apr 03:38 | 30° | 3 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 23 Apr 04:38 | 33° | 3 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | 23 Apr 04:38 | 31° | 3 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | 23 Apr 03:38 | 30° | 3 |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 22 Apr 05:08 | 35° | 3 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 23 Apr 04:38 | 21° | 2 |
| Australia | Canberra | 22 Apr 04:08 | 21° | 2 |
| Chile | Santiago | 23 Apr 04:38 | 23° | 2 |
| New Zealand | Wellington | 22 Apr 04:38 | 15° | 2 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 23 Apr 04:38 | 21° | 2 |
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.