Meteor showers

Orionids 2026

The Orionids are active from 2 October to 7 November and peak on 21 October 2026, 18:08 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 78% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 66 km/s; the stream comes from 1P/Halley.

Peak: 21 October 2026 · 18:08 UTC
Meteors an hour (ZHR): 20
Speed: 66 km/s
Radiant height: RA 6h20m · Dec +16°
Parent body: 1P/Halley
Moon at the peak: 78%

Year	Peak (UTC)	Moon at the peak
2026	21 October 2026 18:08	78%
2027	22 October 2027 00:24	58%
2028	21 October 2028 06:26	13%
2029	21 October 2029 12:38	99%
2030	21 October 2030 18:53	29%

Best time · 2026

Country	Town	Best time	Radiant height	Expected per hour
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	21 Oct 05:08	80°	20
Bahrain	Manama	22 Oct 03:38	79°	20
Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 03:38	78°	20
Barbados	Bridgetown	21 Oct 04:38	84°	20
Belize	Belmopan	21 Oct 04:38	84°	20
Benin	Porto-Novo	22 Oct 04:38	78°	20
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	22 Oct 04:08	85°	20
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	21 Oct 03:38	79°	20
Cape Verde	Praia	22 Oct 04:38	87°	20
Chad	N'Djamena	22 Oct 03:38	80°	20
Colombia	Bogotá	21 Oct 04:38	77°	20
Costa Rica	San José	21 Oct 04:08	83°	20
Cuba	Havana	21 Oct 06:08	82°	20
Djibouti	Djibouti	22 Oct 04:08	84°	20
Dominica	Roseau	21 Oct 04:38	87°	20
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	21 Oct 05:38	80°	20
El Salvador	San Salvador	21 Oct 04:38	84°	20
Eritrea	Asmara	22 Oct 04:08	82°	20
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	22 Oct 04:08	79°	20
Gambia	Banjul	22 Oct 05:08	86°	20
Grenada	St. George's	21 Oct 04:38	85°	20
Guatemala	Guatemala City	21 Oct 04:38	86°	20
Guinea	Conakry	22 Oct 04:38	80°	20
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	22 Oct 05:08	85°	20
Guyana	Georgetown	21 Oct 04:38	79°	20
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	21 Oct 05:38	83°	20
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	21 Oct 04:38	83°	20
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	22 Oct 04:08	78°	20
Jamaica	Kingston	21 Oct 05:08	80°	20
Laos	Vientiane	21 Oct 04:08	85°	20
Liberia	Monrovia	22 Oct 04:38	79°	20
Maldives	Malé	21 Oct 04:08	78°	20
Mali	Bamako	22 Oct 04:08	80°	20
Marshall Islands	Majuro	21 Oct 05:08	80°	20
Mauritania	Nouakchott	22 Oct 05:08	86°	20
Mexico	Mexico City	21 Oct 05:08	86°	20
Micronesia	Palikir	21 Oct 05:08	79°	20
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	21 Oct 04:08	85°	20
Nicaragua	Managua	21 Oct 04:38	81°	20
Niger	Niamey	22 Oct 04:38	82°	20
Nigeria	Abuja	22 Oct 04:08	78°	20
Oman	Muscat	22 Oct 04:08	82°	20
Palau	Koror	21 Oct 04:08	81°	20
Panama	Panama City	21 Oct 05:08	80°	20
Philippines	Manila	21 Oct 03:38	81°	20
Qatar	Doha	22 Oct 03:38	80°	20
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	21 Oct 05:08	81°	20
Saint Lucia	Castries	21 Oct 04:38	86°	20
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	21 Oct 04:38	86°	20
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	22 Oct 03:38	78°	20
Senegal	Dakar	22 Oct 05:08	85°	20
Sierra Leone	Freetown	22 Oct 04:38	79°	20
Sri Lanka	Colombo	21 Oct 04:08	80°	20
Sudan	Khartoum	22 Oct 03:38	83°	20
Suriname	Paramaribo	21 Oct 05:08	80°	20
Taiwan	Taipei	21 Oct 03:38	78°	20
Thailand	Bangkok	21 Oct 04:08	83°	20
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	21 Oct 04:38	84°	20
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	22 Oct 04:08	79°	20
Venezuela	Caracas	21 Oct 05:08	83°	20
Vietnam	Hanoi	21 Oct 03:38	80°	20
Yemen	Sanaa	22 Oct 04:08	87°	20
Afghanistan	Kabul	21 Oct 03:38	70°	19
Algeria	Algiers	22 Oct 04:38	68°	19
Bahamas	Nassau	21 Oct 06:08	77°	19
Bhutan	Thimphu	21 Oct 03:38	75°	19
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	21 Oct 04:08	77°	19
Burundi	Gitega	22 Oct 04:08	70°	19
Cameroon	Yaoundé	22 Oct 04:08	77°	19
Central African Republic	Bangui	22 Oct 03:38	77°	19
Cyprus	Nicosia	22 Oct 04:38	70°	19
Ecuador	Quito	21 Oct 04:38	74°	19
Egypt	Cairo	22 Oct 04:38	74°	19
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	22 Oct 04:08	75°	19
Gabon	Libreville	22 Oct 04:08	73°	19
Ghana	Accra	22 Oct 03:38	76°	19
India	New Delhi	21 Oct 04:08	76°	19
Iran	Tehran	22 Oct 03:38	68°	19
Iraq	Baghdad	22 Oct 03:38	70°	19
Israel	Jerusalem	22 Oct 04:38	74°	19
Japan	Tokyo	21 Oct 03:38	70°	19
Jordan	Amman	22 Oct 04:38	74°	19
Kenya	Nairobi	22 Oct 04:38	72°	19
Kiribati	Teaoraereke Village	21 Oct 05:08	74°	19
Kuwait	Kuwait City	22 Oct 03:38	75°	19
Lebanon	Beirut	22 Oct 04:38	72°	19
Libya	Tripoli	22 Oct 05:08	73°	19
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	21 Oct 05:08	76°	19
Malta	Valletta	22 Oct 04:38	68°	19
Morocco	Rabat	22 Oct 04:08	70°	19
Nauru	Yaren	21 Oct 05:38	72°	19
Nepal	Kathmandu	21 Oct 03:53	77°	19
Pakistan	Islamabad	21 Oct 04:08	72°	19
Palestine	Giv'at Ze'ev	22 Oct 04:38	74°	19
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	22 Oct 03:38	68°	19
Rwanda	Kigali	22 Oct 03:38	70°	19
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	22 Oct 03:38	74°	19
Seychelles	Victoria	22 Oct 04:08	68°	19
Singapore	Singapore	21 Oct 05:08	75°	19
Somalia	Mogadishu	22 Oct 03:38	73°	19
South Sudan	Juba	22 Oct 03:38	76°	19
Syria	Damascus	22 Oct 04:38	72°	19
Togo	Lomé	22 Oct 03:38	77°	19
Tunisia	Tunis	22 Oct 04:08	68°	19
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	22 Oct 05:08	68°	19
Uganda	Kampala	22 Oct 04:38	73°	19
United States	Washington	21 Oct 06:08	65°	18
Albania	Tirana	22 Oct 04:38	64°	18
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	22 Oct 05:38	63°	18
Angola	Luanda	22 Oct 04:08	65°	18
Armenia	Yerevan	22 Oct 04:38	64°	18
Azerbaijan	Baku	22 Oct 04:38	65°	18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	22 Oct 04:38	62°	18
Bulgaria	Sofia	22 Oct 05:08	62°	18
China	Beijing	21 Oct 04:08	66°	18
Comoros	Moroni	22 Oct 04:08	62°	18
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	22 Oct 03:38	68°	18
East Timor	Dili	21 Oct 04:38	65°	18
Georgia	Tbilisi	22 Oct 04:38	63°	18
Greece	Athens	22 Oct 05:08	67°	18
Indonesia	Jakarta	21 Oct 03:38	66°	18
Italy	Rome	22 Oct 05:08	64°	18
Kosovo	Pristina	22 Oct 04:08	62°	18
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	21 Oct 04:38	62°	18
Monaco	Monaco	22 Oct 05:08	61°	18
Montenegro	Podgorica	22 Oct 04:38	63°	18
North Korea	Pyongyang	21 Oct 04:38	67°	18
North Macedonia	Skopje	22 Oct 04:08	62°	18
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	21 Oct 04:08	64°	18
Peru	Lima	21 Oct 04:38	62°	18
Portugal	Lisbon	22 Oct 05:38	67°	18
Romania	Bucharest	22 Oct 05:08	61°	18
San Marino	San Marino	22 Oct 05:08	62°	18
Solomon Islands	Honiara	21 Oct 04:38	65°	18
South Korea	Seoul	21 Oct 04:08	67°	18
Spain	Madrid	22 Oct 06:08	65°	18
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	21 Oct 04:08	66°	18
Tanzania	Dodoma	22 Oct 04:38	67°	18
Türkiye	Ankara	22 Oct 04:38	65°	18
Tuvalu	Funafuti	21 Oct 04:38	65°	18
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	21 Oct 04:08	64°	18
Vatican City	Vatican City	22 Oct 05:08	64°	18
Austria	Vienna	22 Oct 04:38	57°	17
Brazil	Brasília	21 Oct 04:38	58°	17
Canada	Ottawa	21 Oct 06:08	59°	17
Croatia	Zagreb	22 Oct 04:38	59°	17
Fiji	Suva	21 Oct 04:38	56°	17
France	Paris	22 Oct 05:38	57°	17
Hungary	Budapest	22 Oct 04:38	58°	17
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	22 Oct 05:08	58°	17
Malawi	Lilongwe	22 Oct 03:38	59°	17
Moldova	Chișinău	22 Oct 04:38	58°	17
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	21 Oct 04:38	57°	17
Samoa	Apia	21 Oct 04:38	60°	17
Serbia	Belgrade	22 Oct 04:38	61°	17
Slovakia	Bratislava	22 Oct 04:38	57°	17
Slovenia	Ljubljana	22 Oct 04:38	59°	17
Switzerland	Bern	22 Oct 05:08	58°	17
Vanuatu	Port Vila	21 Oct 04:08	56°	17
Zambia	Lusaka	22 Oct 04:08	58°	17
Belarus	Minsk	22 Oct 05:08	52°	16
Belgium	Brussels	22 Oct 05:38	55°	16
Bolivia	Sucre	21 Oct 04:38	55°	16
Czechia	Prague	22 Oct 04:38	55°	16
Germany	Berlin	22 Oct 04:38	52°	16
Ireland	Dublin	22 Oct 05:08	52°	16
Kazakhstan	Astana	21 Oct 04:08	55°	16
Lithuania	Vilnius	22 Oct 05:08	51°	16
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	22 Oct 05:08	55°	16
Madagascar	Antananarivo	22 Oct 03:38	54°	16
Mauritius	Port Louis	22 Oct 04:08	54°	16
Netherlands	Amsterdam	22 Oct 05:38	53°	16
Poland	Warsaw	22 Oct 04:08	53°	16
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	21 Oct 05:08	53°	16
Ukraine	Kyiv	22 Oct 04:38	55°	16
United Kingdom	London	22 Oct 04:38	54°	16
Zimbabwe	Harare	22 Oct 03:38	55°	16
Botswana	Gaborone	22 Oct 04:08	49°	15
Denmark	Copenhagen	22 Oct 04:38	49°	15
Eswatini	Mbabane	22 Oct 03:38	47°	15
Latvia	Riga	22 Oct 05:08	49°	15
Mozambique	Maputo	22 Oct 03:38	47°	15
Namibia	Windhoek	22 Oct 04:38	51°	15
Paraguay	Asunción	21 Oct 05:08	49°	15
Russia	Moscow	22 Oct 04:08	50°	15
South Africa	Pretoria	22 Oct 04:08	48°	15
Estonia	Tallinn	22 Oct 05:08	46°	14
Finland	Helsinki	22 Oct 05:08	46°	14
Lesotho	Maseru	22 Oct 04:08	44°	14
Norway	Oslo	22 Oct 05:08	46°	14
Sweden	Stockholm	22 Oct 04:38	46°	14
Argentina	Buenos Aires	21 Oct 04:38	39°	13
Chile	Santiago	21 Oct 05:38	40°	13
Iceland	Reykjavík	22 Oct 05:08	41°	13
Uruguay	Montevideo	21 Oct 04:38	39°	13
Australia	Canberra	21 Oct 05:08	39°	12
New Zealand	Wellington	21 Oct 05:08	32°	11

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.