Draconids 2025
Meteor shower from 21P/Giacobini-Zinner · up to 10 meteors per hour
Next peak (showing UTC)
- Active
- to
- Moon at peak
- 98% lit
- Speed
- 20 km/s
- Details
- Draconids 2025
Choose a location to see how high the radiant climbs from your city.
About the Draconids
The Draconids are caused by Earth crossing the trail of dust left by 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The meteors appear to stream from a point called the radiant, at right ascension 262° and declination 54°, and hit the atmosphere at about 20 km/s. The peak is defined by the Sun's ecliptic longitude of 195.4°, which is why the date shifts slightly from year to year.
The zenithal hourly rate of 10 assumes a perfectly dark sky with the radiant overhead. From most locations expect fewer, and far fewer if the Moon is bright. With a far-northern radiant this shower is best from mid-northern latitudes and poor from the southern hemisphere.