Eta Aquariids in Toronto

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks from Toronto around May 5-6, with up to 40 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Toronto the radiant in Aquarius climbs to 20° above the east horizon around 04:50. Local best viewing window: 03:45–04:50 EDT 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 Toronto under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 29.8° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: overcast throughout, so expect nothing visible.