Meteor showers
Quadrantids 2027
The Quadrantids are active from 28 December to 12 January and peak on 4 January 2027, 03:30 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 110 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 12% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 41 km/s; the stream comes from 2003 EH1.
- Peak
- 4 January 2027 · 03:30 UTC
- Meteors an hour (ZHR)
- 110
- Speed
- 41 km/s
- Radiant height
- RA 15h20m · Dec +49°
- Parent body
- 2003 EH1
- Moon at the peak
- 12%
Best time · 2027
| Country | Town | Best time | Radiant height | Expected per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | Stockholm | 4 Jan 06:30 | 72° | 105 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 4 Jan 07:00 | 71° | 104 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 4 Jan 07:00 | 71° | 104 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 4 Jan 08:30 | 71° | 104 |
| Norway | Oslo | 4 Jan 07:00 | 72° | 104 |
| Latvia | Riga | 4 Jan 06:30 | 68° | 102 |
| Russia | Moscow | 4 Jan 06:30 | 67° | 101 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 4 Jan 07:00 | 66° | 100 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 4 Jan 06:00 | 66° | 100 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 4 Jan 06:30 | 65° | 100 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 4 Jan 06:00 | 64° | 99 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 4 Jan 06:00 | 63° | 98 |
| Czechia | Prague | 4 Jan 05:30 | 62° | 97 |
| Germany | Berlin | 4 Jan 05:30 | 61° | 97 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 4 Jan 05:00 | 61° | 97 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 4 Jan 05:30 | 62° | 97 |
| United Kingdom | London | 4 Jan 05:30 | 62° | 97 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 4 Jan 06:00 | 61° | 96 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 4 Jan 06:00 | 60° | 95 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 4 Jan 05:30 | 60° | 95 |
| France | Paris | 4 Jan 06:00 | 58° | 94 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 4 Jan 05:00 | 59° | 94 |
| Austria | Vienna | 4 Jan 05:00 | 57° | 93 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 4 Jan 05:30 | 58° | 93 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 4 Jan 05:00 | 58° | 93 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 4 Jan 05:00 | 56° | 92 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 4 Jan 05:00 | 55° | 91 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 4 Jan 05:00 | 56° | 91 |
| Switzerland | Bern | 4 Jan 05:30 | 56° | 91 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 4 Jan 05:00 | 55° | 90 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 4 Jan 05:30 | 55° | 90 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 4 Jan 06:30 | 67° | 89 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 4 Jan 04:30 | 54° | 89 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 4 Jan 05:00 | 53° | 88 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 4 Jan 04:30 | 52° | 87 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 4 Jan 06:30 | 65° | 87 |
| Italy | Rome | 4 Jan 05:00 | 52° | 87 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3 Jan 07:00 | 67° | 87 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 4 Jan 04:30 | 52° | 87 |
| Türkiye | Ankara | 4 Jan 07:00 | 65° | 87 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 4 Jan 05:00 | 52° | 87 |
| United States | Washington | 4 Jan 05:00 | 51° | 86 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 4 Jan 07:00 | 64° | 86 |
| Greece | Athens | 4 Jan 06:30 | 63° | 86 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 4 Jan 05:30 | 63° | 86 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 4 Jan 07:00 | 64° | 86 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 4 Jan 05:30 | 63° | 86 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 4 Jan 06:30 | 65° | 86 |
| Albania | Tirana | 4 Jan 05:30 | 62° | 85 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 4 Jan 05:30 | 50° | 85 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 4 Jan 07:00 | 63° | 85 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 4 Jan 06:30 | 61° | 85 |
| Spain | Madrid | 4 Jan 06:00 | 51° | 85 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 4 Jan 06:30 | 63° | 85 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 4 Jan 06:30 | 61° | 84 |
| Malta | Valletta | 4 Jan 06:00 | 60° | 84 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 4 Jan 06:30 | 60° | 84 |
| Iran | Tehran | 4 Jan 06:00 | 60° | 83 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 3 Jan 06:30 | 61° | 83 |
| South Korea | Seoul | 3 Jan 06:30 | 61° | 83 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 4 Jan 07:00 | 61° | 83 |
| Algeria | Algiers | 4 Jan 06:30 | 58° | 82 |
| China | Beijing | 3 Jan 06:00 | 60° | 82 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 4 Jan 06:00 | 58° | 82 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 4 Jan 05:30 | 58° | 82 |
| Syria | Damascus | 4 Jan 06:30 | 58° | 82 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 4 Jan 06:00 | 58° | 82 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 4 Jan 05:30 | 57° | 81 |
| Jordan | Amman | 4 Jan 06:30 | 57° | 81 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 4 Jan 07:00 | 57° | 81 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 4 Jan 06:00 | 58° | 81 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 4 Jan 05:30 | 56° | 80 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 3 Jan 05:30 | 58° | 80 |
| Palestine | Giv'at Ze'ev | 4 Jan 05:30 | 56° | 80 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 4 Jan 05:30 | 56° | 79 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 4 Jan 05:30 | 53° | 77 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4 Jan 05:30 | 53° | 77 |
| India | New Delhi | 4 Jan 06:00 | 52° | 75 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 4 Jan 05:45 | 52° | 75 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 3 Jan 05:30 | 50° | 73 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 4 Jan 05:30 | 49° | 73 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 4 Jan 05:30 | 47° | 72 |
| Cuba | Havana | 4 Jan 06:00 | 47° | 72 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 3 Jan 05:30 | 49° | 72 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 4 Jan 06:00 | 49° | 72 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 4 Jan 05:00 | 48° | 71 |
| Qatar | Doha | 4 Jan 05:00 | 48° | 71 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 3 Jan 05:30 | 48° | 70 |
| Oman | Muscat | 4 Jan 05:30 | 46° | 69 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 4 Jan 05:30 | 43° | 68 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 4 Jan 06:00 | 43° | 68 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 3 Jan 05:30 | 46° | 68 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 4 Jan 06:00 | 42° | 66 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 4 Jan 05:30 | 42° | 66 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 4 Jan 06:30 | 43° | 66 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 4 Jan 05:30 | 41° | 65 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 3 Jan 05:30 | 43° | 65 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 4 Jan 05:30 | 40° | 64 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 4 Jan 05:00 | 41° | 64 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 4 Jan 05:30 | 41° | 64 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 4 Jan 06:00 | 40° | 63 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 4 Jan 05:30 | 40° | 63 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 3 Jan 05:30 | 41° | 63 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 4 Jan 05:30 | 39° | 62 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 4 Jan 05:30 | 40° | 62 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 4 Jan 06:30 | 39° | 61 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 4 Jan 05:30 | 39° | 61 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 4 Jan 06:30 | 39° | 61 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 4 Jan 06:30 | 38° | 60 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 4 Jan 05:00 | 37° | 60 |
| Mali | Bamako | 4 Jan 06:00 | 39° | 60 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 4 Jan 05:30 | 38° | 59 |
| Grenada | St. George's | 4 Jan 05:30 | 37° | 59 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 4 Jan 05:00 | 38° | 59 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 4 Jan 05:00 | 36° | 58 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 4 Jan 05:30 | 37° | 58 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 4 Jan 05:00 | 36° | 58 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 4 Jan 05:30 | 37° | 58 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 4 Jan 05:00 | 36° | 58 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 4 Jan 05:30 | 36° | 58 |
| Niger | Niamey | 4 Jan 06:00 | 36° | 57 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 3 Jan 05:30 | 37° | 57 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 4 Jan 05:00 | 35° | 56 |
| Philippines | Manila | 3 Jan 05:00 | 36° | 56 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 4 Jan 05:00 | 34° | 54 |
| Panama | Panama City | 4 Jan 05:30 | 33° | 54 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 4 Jan 05:30 | 33° | 54 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 3 Jan 05:00 | 33° | 52 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 4 Jan 06:00 | 33° | 52 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 4 Jan 06:00 | 32° | 52 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 4 Jan 06:00 | 32° | 52 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 4 Jan 05:30 | 32° | 51 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 4 Jan 06:00 | 32° | 51 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 4 Jan 05:30 | 33° | 51 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 4 Jan 06:00 | 31° | 50 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 4 Jan 05:00 | 31° | 50 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 4 Jan 05:30 | 31° | 50 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 4 Jan 05:30 | 32° | 50 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 4 Jan 05:30 | 30° | 48 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 4 Jan 05:00 | 30° | 48 |
| Togo | Lomé | 4 Jan 05:00 | 30° | 48 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 4 Jan 05:00 | 29° | 47 |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 3 Jan 05:30 | 30° | 47 |
| Palau | Koror | 3 Jan 05:00 | 30° | 47 |
| South Sudan | Juba | 4 Jan 05:00 | 29° | 47 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 3 Jan 05:30 | 29° | 46 |
| Ghana | Accra | 4 Jan 05:00 | 29° | 46 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 4 Jan 05:30 | 28° | 45 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 3 Jan 05:30 | 29° | 45 |
| Maldives | Malé | 4 Jan 05:00 | 27° | 43 |
| Gabon | Libreville | 4 Jan 05:30 | 26° | 42 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 4 Jan 05:00 | 26° | 42 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 4 Jan 06:00 | 26° | 42 |
| Kiribati | Teaoraereke Village | 3 Jan 05:30 | 25° | 40 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 3 Jan 06:00 | 25° | 40 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 3 Jan 06:00 | 25° | 39 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 4 Jan 04:30 | 24° | 39 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 3 Jan 06:00 | 24° | 39 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 4 Jan 05:00 | 22° | 37 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 4 Jan 05:30 | 23° | 37 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 4 Jan 05:00 | 23° | 37 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 4 Jan 05:00 | 21° | 35 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 4 Jan 05:00 | 21° | 34 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 4 Jan 05:00 | 21° | 34 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 4 Jan 05:30 | 18° | 30 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 4 Jan 05:00 | 18° | 29 |
| Angola | Luanda | 4 Jan 05:00 | 16° | 26 |
| East Timor | Dili | 3 Jan 05:30 | 16° | 26 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 3 Jan 04:30 | 16° | 26 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 3 Jan 05:00 | 15° | 24 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | 3 Jan 05:00 | 13° | 22 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | 4 Jan 04:30 | 13° | 22 |
| Samoa | Apia | 4 Jan 05:00 | 9° | 16 |
| Comoros | Moroni | 4 Jan 04:30 | 9° | 15 |
| Peru | Lima | 4 Jan 04:30 | 9° | 15 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 4 Jan 04:00 | 6° | 11 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 4 Jan 04:30 | 6° | 11 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 4 Jan 04:30 | 6° | 10 |
| Brazil | Brasília | 4 Jan 04:30 | 6° | 9 |
| Fiji | Suva | 4 Jan 04:30 | 5° | 8 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | 4 Jan 04:00 | 4° | 6 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 4 Jan 04:30 | 2° | 4 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 4 Jan 04:30 | 2° | 3 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 4 Jan 04:00 | 2° | 3 |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 4 Jan 05:00 | 2° | 3 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Australia | Canberra | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Chile | Santiago | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| New Zealand | Wellington | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | – | 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.