The indexnightdatable to the day
Eta Aquariid meteor shower
Fires when peak May 5-6, pre-dawn radiant
Photograph Georgfotoart · CC BY-SA 4.0
May. The notch is October.
Next: Thursday, May 6 — 215 days away, keyed to the shower's peak night
Dates worth protecting
- Thu, May 6, 2027in 7 months
Keyed to the shower's peak night. Moon dates come from a mean lunar month and can be a day out — check one before you commit a four-hour drive to it.
- Where
- dark-sky sites
- Drive
- 90 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- May
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- permit
From the field
A pre-dawn radiant, so this is the shower that costs a night's sleep rather than an evening.