Eta Aquariids in A Coruña

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks from A Coruña around May 5-6, with up to 40 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from A Coruña the radiant in Aquarius climbs to 20° above the east horizon around 06:05. Local best viewing window: 05:00–06:05 CEST on the peak night, about 1.1 hours of nautical twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 40/hour headline figure works out to roughly 14 meteors an hour from A Coruña under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 30.1° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: total cover forecast, with no usable gaps.