Meteor showers

Perseids 2027

The Perseids are active from 17 July to 24 August and peak on 13 August 2027, 08:00 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 100 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 86% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 59 km/s; the stream comes from 109P/Swift–Tuttle.

Peak: 13 August 2027 · 08:00 UTC
Meteors an hour (ZHR): 100
Speed: 59 km/s
Radiant height: RA 3h12m · Dec +58°
Parent body: 109P/Swift–Tuttle
Moon at the peak: 86%

Year	Peak (UTC)	Moon at the peak
2027	13 August 2027 08:00	86%
2028	12 August 2028 14:17	59%
2029	12 August 2029 20:23	10%
2030	13 August 2030 02:26	100%
2031	13 August 2031 08:41	20%

Best time · 2027

Country	Town	Best time	Radiant height	Expected per hour
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	13 Aug 04:30	66°	92
Croatia	Zagreb	13 Aug 04:30	67°	92
Moldova	Chișinău	13 Aug 04:30	66°	92
Romania	Bucharest	13 Aug 05:00	67°	92
Switzerland	Bern	13 Aug 05:00	67°	92
Albania	Tirana	13 Aug 04:30	65°	91
Armenia	Yerevan	13 Aug 05:00	65°	91
Belarus	Minsk	13 Aug 04:00	65°	91
Canada	Ottawa	13 Aug 04:30	66°	91
France	Paris	13 Aug 05:00	65°	91
Germany	Berlin	13 Aug 04:00	65°	91
Hungary	Budapest	13 Aug 04:00	65°	91
Italy	Rome	13 Aug 05:00	66°	91
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	13 Aug 04:00	65°	91
Montenegro	Podgorica	13 Aug 04:30	66°	91
Poland	Warsaw	13 Aug 03:30	65°	91
Slovenia	Ljubljana	13 Aug 04:30	66°	91
Ukraine	Kyiv	13 Aug 04:00	65°	91
United Kingdom	London	13 Aug 04:00	66°	91
Vatican City	Vatican City	13 Aug 05:00	66°	91
United States	Washington	13 Aug 05:00	64°	90
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	13 Aug 05:30	64°	90
Austria	Vienna	13 Aug 04:00	64°	90
Azerbaijan	Baku	13 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Belgium	Brussels	13 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Bulgaria	Sofia	13 Aug 05:00	64°	90
China	Beijing	13 Aug 04:00	64°	90
Czechia	Prague	13 Aug 04:00	64°	90
Greece	Athens	13 Aug 05:30	64°	90
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	12 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	13 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Lithuania	Vilnius	13 Aug 04:00	65°	90
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	13 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Monaco	Monaco	13 Aug 05:00	65°	90
Netherlands	Amsterdam	13 Aug 04:30	65°	90
North Korea	Pyongyang	13 Aug 04:30	64°	90
Portugal	Lisbon	13 Aug 05:30	64°	90
Russia	Moscow	13 Aug 03:00	64°	90
Serbia	Belgrade	13 Aug 04:00	64°	90
Slovakia	Bratislava	13 Aug 04:00	65°	90
Spain	Madrid	13 Aug 06:00	64°	90
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	12 Aug 04:00	64°	90
Cyprus	Nicosia	13 Aug 05:00	62°	89
Denmark	Copenhagen	13 Aug 03:30	62°	89
Georgia	Tbilisi	13 Aug 04:30	63°	89
Ireland	Dublin	13 Aug 04:00	63°	89
Kazakhstan	Astana	12 Aug 03:00	63°	89
Kosovo	Pristina	13 Aug 04:00	63°	89
North Macedonia	Skopje	13 Aug 04:00	63°	89
San Marino	San Marino	13 Aug 04:30	63°	89
South Korea	Seoul	13 Aug 04:30	63°	89
Türkiye	Ankara	13 Aug 04:30	63°	89
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	13 Aug 05:00	63°	89
Afghanistan	Kabul	12 Aug 04:00	61°	88
Iran	Tehran	13 Aug 04:00	61°	88
Latvia	Riga	13 Aug 03:30	61°	88
Malta	Valletta	13 Aug 05:00	62°	88
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	12 Aug 04:00	61°	88
Algeria	Algiers	13 Aug 04:30	61°	87
Israel	Jerusalem	13 Aug 05:00	60°	87
Japan	Tokyo	13 Aug 03:30	61°	87
Morocco	Rabat	13 Aug 04:30	60°	87
Palestine	Giv'at Ze'ev	13 Aug 05:00	60°	87
Tunisia	Tunis	13 Aug 04:00	61°	87
Estonia	Tallinn	13 Aug 03:00	59°	86
Finland	Helsinki	13 Aug 03:00	59°	86
Iraq	Baghdad	13 Aug 04:00	59°	86
Lebanon	Beirut	13 Aug 04:30	59°	86
Norway	Oslo	13 Aug 03:00	60°	86
Pakistan	Islamabad	12 Aug 04:00	59°	86
Sweden	Stockholm	13 Aug 02:30	59°	86
Syria	Damascus	13 Aug 04:30	59°	86
Jordan	Amman	13 Aug 04:30	58°	85
Libya	Tripoli	13 Aug 05:00	58°	85
Egypt	Cairo	13 Aug 05:00	57°	84
Kuwait	Kuwait City	13 Aug 04:00	57°	84
Bhutan	Thimphu	12 Aug 04:30	57°	83
India	New Delhi	12 Aug 04:30	56°	83
Bahrain	Manama	13 Aug 04:00	55°	82
Nepal	Kathmandu	12 Aug 04:15	55°	82
Taiwan	Taipei	12 Aug 04:30	55°	82
Bahamas	Nassau	13 Aug 05:30	54°	81
Qatar	Doha	13 Aug 04:00	54°	81
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	13 Aug 04:30	54°	81
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	13 Aug 05:00	54°	81
Bangladesh	Dhaka	12 Aug 04:30	53°	80
Cuba	Havana	13 Aug 06:00	53°	80
Oman	Muscat	13 Aug 04:30	53°	79
Vietnam	Hanoi	12 Aug 04:30	51°	77
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	13 Aug 05:30	49°	75
Mexico	Mexico City	13 Aug 05:00	49°	75
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	12 Aug 04:30	49°	75
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	13 Aug 05:00	48°	74
Mauritania	Nouakchott	13 Aug 05:30	47°	74
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	13 Aug 05:00	48°	74
Belize	Belmopan	13 Aug 04:30	47°	73
Jamaica	Kingston	13 Aug 04:30	47°	73
Laos	Vientiane	12 Aug 04:30	47°	73
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	13 Aug 04:30	46°	72
Sudan	Khartoum	13 Aug 04:30	46°	72
Eritrea	Asmara	13 Aug 05:00	45°	71
Senegal	Dakar	13 Aug 06:00	45°	71
Yemen	Sanaa	13 Aug 04:30	45°	71
Cape Verde	Praia	13 Aug 05:00	44°	70
Dominica	Roseau	13 Aug 04:30	45°	70
Gambia	Banjul	13 Aug 06:00	44°	70
Guatemala	Guatemala City	13 Aug 04:30	44°	70
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	13 Aug 04:30	44°	70
Philippines	Manila	12 Aug 04:30	44°	70
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	13 Aug 05:00	44°	70
Thailand	Bangkok	12 Aug 05:00	44°	70
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	13 Aug 05:00	43°	69
El Salvador	San Salvador	13 Aug 04:30	44°	69
Niger	Niamey	13 Aug 05:30	44°	69
Saint Lucia	Castries	13 Aug 04:30	44°	69
Barbados	Bridgetown	13 Aug 04:30	43°	68
Djibouti	Djibouti	13 Aug 05:00	42°	68
Grenada	St. George's	13 Aug 05:00	43°	68
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	13 Aug 06:00	43°	68
Nicaragua	Managua	13 Aug 04:30	43°	68
Chad	N'Djamena	13 Aug 04:30	42°	67
Mali	Bamako	13 Aug 05:00	42°	67
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	12 Aug 04:30	41°	66
Costa Rica	San José	13 Aug 04:30	41°	66
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	13 Aug 05:00	42°	66
Nigeria	Abuja	13 Aug 05:30	40°	65
Venezuela	Caracas	13 Aug 05:00	41°	65
Guinea	Conakry	13 Aug 05:30	40°	64
Panama	Panama City	13 Aug 05:00	40°	64
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	13 Aug 05:00	39°	63
Sierra Leone	Freetown	13 Aug 05:30	39°	63
Marshall Islands	Majuro	13 Aug 05:30	38°	62
Micronesia	Palikir	13 Aug 05:30	38°	62
Palau	Koror	13 Aug 05:00	39°	62
Sri Lanka	Colombo	12 Aug 05:00	38°	61
Togo	Lomé	13 Aug 05:00	38°	61
Benin	Porto-Novo	13 Aug 05:30	37°	60
Ghana	Accra	13 Aug 05:00	37°	60
Guyana	Georgetown	13 Aug 04:30	37°	60
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	13 Aug 05:00	37°	60
Liberia	Monrovia	13 Aug 05:30	37°	60
Suriname	Paramaribo	13 Aug 05:30	37°	60
Colombia	Bogotá	13 Aug 05:00	36°	59
South Sudan	Juba	13 Aug 05:00	36°	59
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	12 Aug 05:00	35°	58
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	13 Aug 05:30	35°	58
Maldives	Malé	13 Aug 05:00	35°	58
Cameroon	Yaoundé	13 Aug 05:00	35°	57
Central African Republic	Bangui	13 Aug 04:30	35°	57
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	12 Aug 06:00	34°	56
Somalia	Mogadishu	13 Aug 05:00	33°	55
Kiribati	Teaoraereke Village	13 Aug 05:30	33°	54
Singapore	Singapore	12 Aug 06:00	32°	54
Gabon	Libreville	13 Aug 05:30	32°	53
Uganda	Kampala	13 Aug 06:00	32°	53
Nauru	Yaren	13 Aug 06:00	31°	52
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	13 Aug 04:30	32°	52
Ecuador	Quito	13 Aug 05:00	31°	51
Kenya	Nairobi	13 Aug 05:30	30°	50
Rwanda	Kigali	13 Aug 05:00	29°	49
Burundi	Gitega	13 Aug 05:00	28°	47
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	13 Aug 05:00	27°	46
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	13 Aug 05:00	27°	45
Seychelles	Victoria	13 Aug 05:30	27°	45
Indonesia	Jakarta	12 Aug 05:00	25°	43
Tanzania	Dodoma	13 Aug 05:30	25°	42
Tuvalu	Funafuti	13 Aug 05:00	23°	39
Angola	Luanda	13 Aug 05:00	22°	38
East Timor	Dili	12 Aug 05:30	23°	38
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	13 Aug 05:30	22°	38
Solomon Islands	Honiara	13 Aug 05:30	22°	38
Comoros	Moroni	13 Aug 05:30	20°	34
Peru	Lima	13 Aug 05:30	20°	34
Malawi	Lilongwe	13 Aug 05:00	18°	31
Samoa	Apia	13 Aug 05:30	18°	30
Brazil	Brasília	13 Aug 05:30	16°	28
Zambia	Lusaka	13 Aug 05:30	16°	28
Fiji	Suva	13 Aug 05:30	14°	24
Vanuatu	Port Vila	13 Aug 05:00	14°	24
Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Aug 05:00	14°	24
Bolivia	Sucre	13 Aug 05:30	13°	22
Madagascar	Antananarivo	13 Aug 05:00	13°	22
Mauritius	Port Louis	13 Aug 05:30	12°	20
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	13 Aug 06:00	11°	19
Namibia	Windhoek	13 Aug 06:00	9°	16
Botswana	Gaborone	13 Aug 05:30	7°	13
Paraguay	Asunción	13 Aug 06:00	7°	11
South Africa	Pretoria	13 Aug 05:30	6°	11
Eswatini	Mbabane	13 Aug 05:30	6°	10
Mozambique	Maputo	13 Aug 05:00	6°	10
Lesotho	Maseru	13 Aug 05:30	3°	5
Argentina	Buenos Aires	–	below the horizon	0
Australia	Canberra	–	below the horizon	0
Chile	Santiago	–	below the horizon	0
Iceland	Reykjavík	–	below the horizon	0
New Zealand	Wellington	–	below the horizon	0
Uruguay	Montevideo	–	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.