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Santiago, Chile

Quadrantids 2027 from Santiago

The Quadrantids peak on the night of Sunday, January 3, but the radiant barely clears the horizon from Santiago, so few meteors, if any, will be visible.

The night at a glance

Gets dark
10:00 PM
Radiant rises
Does not rise
Light again
5:34 AM
Moon
12% lit, rises around 3:50 AM

Times are local to Santiago, worked out for the city centre. Dark means the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon.

About the Quadrantids

The Quadrantids are active from late December to mid January. The meteors are debris from asteroid 2003 EH1 and hit the atmosphere at about 41 km per second. At the peak, a perfectly dark sky with the radiant overhead would show about 120 an hour. Real counts are lower.

See tonight's sky above Santiago

The Quadrantids from nearby