Leonids in Los Angeles

The Leonids meteor shower peaks from Los Angeles around Nov 17, with up to 15 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a thin crescent moon leaves mostly dark skies, and from Los Angeles the radiant in Leo climbs to 69° above the south-east horizon around 05:00. Local best viewing window: 01:25–05:00 PST on the peak night, about 3.6 hours of astronomical darkness. Scaled to that altitude, the 15/hour headline figure works out to roughly 14 meteors an hour from Los Angeles under a genuinely dark sky. Tonight: solid cover, with no real breaks forecast.