Eta Aquariids in Stockholm

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks from Stockholm around May 5-6, with up to 40 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Stockholm the radiant in Aquarius climbs to 15° above the south-east horizon around 04:35. Local best viewing window: 03:35–04:35 CEST on the peak night, about 1.0 hours of twilight after sunset. Scaled to that altitude, the 40/hour headline figure works out to roughly 10 meteors an hour from Stockholm under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 14.2° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: complete cloud cover across the forecast window.