Lyrids meteor shower
Next peak: 23 April 2027, 01:00 UTC. Up to 18 meteors an hour under an ideally dark sky.
One of the oldest known showers: Chinese chronicles describe it more than 2600 years ago. The meteors come from Lyra, near bright Vega, and stem from Comet Thatcher.
The radiant lies in the constellation Lyra. The meteors appear all over the sky, though; their trails only point back to it.
Peaks until 2030
| Peak (UTC) | Moon | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2027, 01:00 | 95 % | poor, bright moon |
| 22 Apr 2028, 07:00 | 6 % | good, little moonlight |
| 22 Apr 2029, 14:00 | 58 % | fair |
| 22 Apr 2030, 20:00 | 71 % | poor, bright moon |
Moon: how much of its disc is lit. The nights before and after the peak are often hardly weaker.
When you see the most
- London: around 04:15 local time, the radiant 71° up
- New York: around 05:00 local time, the radiant 83° up
- Sydney: around 04:00 local time, the radiant 22° up
Best far from lights; give your eyes a quarter of an hour to adapt, no binoculars, with as much sky in view as possible. The higher the radiant, the more meteors.