Stellar Tour
The night of January 3–4, 2027
Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Up to 120 meteors an hour stream out of Boötes on the peak night, best after midnight. The shower runs Jan 2 to Jan 5. Little moonlight: a good year for this shower.
Every sky date of 2027: the sky in 2027
Where to see it
The peak comes at 18:51 UT on Sunday, January 3, 2027.
The radiant is in Boötes, best seen from the Northern Hemisphere: it never rises south of latitude 41° S.
The Moon is 14% lit on the peak night.
The meteors are dust left by 2003 EH1, striking the air at 41 km/s.
How to watch it in Stellar Tour
- Open Explore, then Sky Calendar: “Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak” is there under its date.
- Tap the row to see the sky from where you are, with the radiant in Boötes marked.
- On the night, the Tonight card on Explore names the shower and gives the Moon’s rise and set and the hours of real darkness for your place.