# Meteor showers 2026–2027: dates, peak times · Angel Step

> Every major meteor shower from October 2026 to December 2027: the night to watch, peak time from the IMO, ZHR, and the dark hours without the Moon.

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A meteor shower has a peak moment, and a night is good for it only when the sky is dark and the Moon is down. The Orionids peak around October 21, 2026; at 40° north the sky is dark and moonless on the night of October 21–22 only from 3:17 a.m. to 5:47 a.m.. The best of late 2026 is the Geminids, ZHR 150: the peak is December 14, 9 a.m., Eastern time, so the night to watch is December 13–14, dark from 8:48 p.m. to 5:37 a.m.. Below: every major shower to December 2027 with the peak time from the International Meteor Organization (IMO), the moonless dark hours, and a calculator for your place.

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### Peak nights, October 2026 to December 2027

Peak times are the IMO's, given in US Eastern time. ZHR is the IMO's rate for an ideal sky.

Meteor showers: peak (US Eastern time) and ZHR (International Meteor Organization)

| Shower | Peak | ZHR |
| 2026 |
| Orionids | around Oct 21 | 20 |
| Southern Taurids | around Nov 5 | 7 |
| Northern Taurids | around Nov 12 | 5 |
| Leonids | Nov 17, 6:45 p.m. | 15 |
| Geminids | Dec 14, 9 a.m. | 150 |
| Ursids | Dec 22, 5 p.m. | 10 |
| 2027 |
| Quadrantids | Jan 3, 10:25 p.m. | 80+ |
| Lyrids | Apr 22, 9:40 p.m. | 18 |
| Eta Aquariids | May 6, 5 a.m. | 50 |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | around Jul 31 | 25 |
| Perseids | Aug 13, 4–6 a.m. | 110+ |
| Draconids | Oct 9, 3 a.m. | 5 |
| Orionids | around Oct 22 | 20 |
| Southern Taurids | around Nov 6 | 7 |
| Northern Taurids | around Nov 13 | 5 |
| Leonids | Nov 18, 1 a.m. | 15+ |
| Geminids | Dec 14, 3 p.m. | 150 |
| Ursids | Dec 22, 11 p.m. | 10 |

### Dark hours without the Moon (40° north)

The night to watch is the evening before a morning peak. Its dark hours run from the end of evening twilight to the start of morning twilight (the Sun 18° below the horizon), minus the hours the Moon is up, at 40° north, by the clock in the Eastern time zone. In 2027 the Perseids (ZHR 110+) peak on August 13, 4–6 a.m. Eastern daylight time, dark from 2:24 a.m. to 4:27 a.m. after the Moon sets; the Geminids peak at full moon, with no dark hours on December 14–15.

The night to watch, and its dark, moonless hours at 40° north (US Eastern time)

| Shower | Night | Dark, no Moon |
| 2026 |
| Orionids | Oct 21–22 | 3:17 a.m.–5:47 a.m. |
| Southern Taurids | Nov 5–6 | 6:25 p.m.–3:53 a.m. |
| Northern Taurids | Nov 12–13 | 6:55 p.m.–5:09 a.m. |
| Leonids | Nov 17–18 | 12:01 a.m.–5:14 a.m. |
| Geminids | Dec 13–14 | 8:48 p.m.–5:37 a.m. |
| Ursids | Dec 22–23 | none (moonlit) |
| 2027 |
| Quadrantids | Jan 3–4 | 6:24 p.m.–4:58 a.m. |
| Lyrids | Apr 22–23 | 9:25 p.m.–10:09 p.m. |
| Eta Aquariids | May 5–6 | 9:44 p.m.–4:09 a.m. |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | Jul 31–Aug 1 | 10:04 p.m.–4:09 a.m. |
| Perseids | Aug 12–13 | 2:24 a.m.–4:27 a.m. |
| Draconids | Oct 8–9 | 1:07 a.m.–5:34 a.m. |
| Orionids | Oct 22–23 | 7:41 p.m.–12:19 a.m. |
| Southern Taurids | Nov 6–7 | 12:57 a.m.–6:03 a.m. |
| Northern Taurids | Nov 13–14 | none (moonlit) |
| Leonids | Nov 17–18 | 6:16 p.m.–7:56 p.m. |
| Geminids | Dec 14–15 | none (moonlit) |
| Ursids | Dec 22–23 | 6:16 p.m.–3:20 a.m. |

### Your place and your shower

Enter your latitude and longitude (west is negative). The clock starts in this device's time zone, daylight saving included for the night you pick; choose another time zone if you are planning from elsewhere.

8:43 p.m.–5:34 a.m.

dark, with the Moon down

The shower starts at the next peak; without JavaScript, the example above is the Geminids from New York in UTC−5. Clouds and city lights are not counted.

### What ZHR means

The IMO defines the Zenithal Hourly Rate as the number of meteors an ideal observer would see in an hour under a perfectly clear sky, with stars down to magnitude 6.5 visible and the shower's radiant overhead. From a town, with the radiant lower, you will see far fewer; a dark place and the hours without the Moon matter more than the exact peak minute.

### Where Angel Step fits

Angel Step reads only your step count from Apple Health and shows it as one number on a living sky. It does not predict meteors; that is this page's job. A dark, clear night is a good one for a walk away from the streetlights.

### Sources

- International Meteor Organization — 2027 Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO INFO(3-26)): peak dates and times, ZHR (Table 5). IMO
- International Meteor Organization — 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO INFO(3-25)): the peaks of October to December 2026. IMO (mirror)
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan — astronomical twilight as the Sun 18° below the horizon. NAOJ
- 15 U.S.C. § 260a — daylight saving time, used for the clock times. Cornell LII

Updated 13 October 2026

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