How Many Weeks Until Perseids 2027?

Perseids 2027 falls on Thursday, August 12, 2027 — a Thursday. As of today that is 293 days, or 41 weeks and 6 days. The table below lists every "weeks to go" milestone between now and the date, so you can work backwards from the day itself instead of counting forward from today.

Why the week count moves the way it does

Weeks are the unit people actually plan in. Deadlines, notice periods and rotas run in weeks, which is why a week count tends to be more useful than a raw day count once you are more than a fortnight out. Note that the two figures answer slightly different questions: "how many weeks" is full weeks only, while "weeks and days" keeps the remainder.

About Perseids 2027

The Perseids meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12, 2027 (August 12/13). The people's meteor shower: warm August nights, 50–100 meteors per hour at peak, and more photogenic fireballs than any other annual shower. Halley's comet's bigger, better-known sibling stream.

Best practice for any meteor shower: dark sky, no telescope, eyes adjusted for 30 minutes, look halfway up toward the radiant's constellation. The counter above runs to the peak night; meteors are visible several nights either side.

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