Lyrids in Oslo

The Lyrids meteor shower peaks from Oslo around Apr 22, with up to 18 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a half moon will wash out fainter meteors, and from Oslo the radiant in Lyra climbs to 59° above the south-east horizon around 03:40. Local best viewing window: 22:50–03:40 CEST on the peak night, about 4.8 hours of nautical twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 18/hour headline figure works out to roughly 15 meteors an hour from Oslo under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 17.6° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: clear skies forecast, so a dark site is worth the drive.