🌠 Meteor shower
This event has passed · 09.10.2026
Draconid meteor shower peak
An unusual shower: the Draconids are best seen in the evening of October 8–9 rather than before dawn like most showers. The radiant is in Draco, high in the northwest. Usually weak, but occasionally delivers surprises.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
At a glance
- Date
- When to watch
- Evenings of Oct 8–9, ~7:30–11 p.m., no Moon
- Where to look
- Radiant high in the north-west; watch any part of the sky
- What you need
- Naked eye
- Event type
- Meteor shower
- Data source
- www.rmg.co.uk ↗
Date given in Kyiv time.
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