October. The notch is October.
Next: Wednesday, October 21 — 18 days away, keyed to the shower's peak night
Dates worth protecting
- Wed, October 21, 2026in 3 weeks
- Thu, October 21, 2027in 13 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
- October
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- permit
From the field
Halley's dust, on a broad flat maximum — one clouded night does not cost you the shower.