When Is Perseids 2027?

Perseids 2027 falls on Thursday, August 12, 2027 — a Thursday. That is 293 days from today. The date is confirmed, so the only thing that moves is the countdown itself.

Why the day of the week moves

A date advances by one weekday each year, because 365 days is 52 weeks plus one day. In a leap year it advances by two, which is why the weekday occasionally jumps. Over the six years in the table above you can watch both patterns: the single-step years and the leap-year double step.

This matters more than it sounds if you are planning around a weekend. An event that lands on a Saturday this year may fall midweek in two years' time, which changes everything from travel to time off.

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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