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Meteor Shower Tonight — 2026 Calendar

Peak nights, expected rates and how the Moon and the radiant work out for Toronto, ON.

Next peak · Southern Taurids

5/hr
Southern Taurids

Low rates but famous for slow-moving fireballs.

Peak night
Thu, Nov 5 2 days
Radiant
Taurus
Moon
16% lit dark skies
Best here
~4/hr 10:30 PM
Rates are the maximum under a perfectly dark sky; moonlight and city lights cut them sharply.

Peak night hour by hour

Thu, Nov 5 · Toronto
Radiant altitudeMoonDark sky
90° 60° 30° 0° Radiant Moon 6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM 6:00 PM — radiant 0°, twilight, Moon down 6:30 PM — radiant 6°, twilight, Moon down 7:00 PM — radiant 11°, dark sky, Moon down — about 1 meteors/hour 7:30 PM — radiant 16°, dark sky, Moon down — about 1 meteors/hour 8:00 PM — radiant 22°, dark sky, Moon down — about 2 meteors/hour 8:30 PM — radiant 27°, dark sky, Moon down — about 2 meteors/hour 9:00 PM — radiant 33°, dark sky, Moon down — about 3 meteors/hour 9:30 PM — radiant 38°, dark sky, Moon down — about 3 meteors/hour 10:00 PM — radiant 43°, dark sky, Moon down — about 3 meteors/hour 10:30 PM — radiant 48°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 11:00 PM — radiant 52°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 11:30 PM — radiant 55°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 12:00 AM — radiant 58°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 12:30 AM — radiant 60°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 1:00 AM — radiant 60°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 1:30 AM — radiant 59°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 2:00 AM — radiant 56°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 2:30 AM — radiant 53°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 3:00 AM — radiant 49°, dark sky, Moon down — about 4 meteors/hour 3:30 AM — radiant 44°, dark sky, Moon down — about 3 meteors/hour 4:00 AM — radiant 39°, dark sky, Moon down — about 3 meteors/hour 4:30 AM — radiant 34°, dark sky, Moon 3° up — about 3 meteors/hour 5:00 AM — radiant 29°, dark sky, Moon 8° up — about 2 meteors/hour 5:30 AM — radiant 24°, twilight, Moon 13° up 6:00 AM — radiant 18°, twilight, Moon 17° up 6:30 AM — radiant 13°, twilight, Moon 22° up 7:00 AM — radiant 7°, twilight, Moon 26° up

The higher the radiant, the more meteors you see: roughly the peak rate times the sine of its altitude, counted only once the sky is fully dark (shaded). The Moon rises at 4:14 AM and stays up past dawn, 8% lit.

All major showers

peak dates shift by about a day
  • Quadrantids · Jan 3Sharp peak lasting only a few hours — the narrowest window of any major shower.110/hr
  • Lyrids · Apr 22The oldest recorded shower — Chinese records go back to 687 BC.18/hr
  • Eta Aquariids · May 5Debris from Halley's Comet; a southern-hemisphere favourite, modest from Canada — look low in the east before dawn.50/hr
  • Delta Aquariids · Jul 30Faint but steady — overlaps with the build-up to the Perseids.20/hr
  • Perseids · Aug 12The summer classic: warm nights, bright fireballs, up to 100 an hour.100/hr
  • Draconids · Oct 8Unusual in that it is best in the evening, not after midnight.10/hr
  • Orionids · Oct 21The second shower from Halley's Comet, with fast, bright meteors.20/hr
  • Southern Taurids · Nov 5Low rates but famous for slow-moving fireballs.5/hr
  • Northern Taurids · Nov 12The northern branch of the Taurid stream — more fireballs.5/hr
  • Leonids · Nov 17Produces spectacular storms roughly every 33 years.15/hr
  • Geminids · Dec 14The best shower of the year — bright, multicoloured, active all night.120/hr
  • Ursids · Dec 22A quiet finale to the year, close to the winter solstice.10/hr