# [Orionids Meteor Shower Peak](https://wknd.app/r/ck6qm7/orionids-meteor-shower-peak)

- When: 2026-10-21 23:00-23:59 (America/New_York), and 1 more date
- Scarcity: short_run
- Cadence: run
- Where: Any dark spot away from city lights, Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area (37.7749, -122.4194)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: civic
- Topics: stargazing, outdoors, free
- About: Halley's Comet debris streaks across the sky on the Orionids' peak night, one of the most beautiful showers of the year with fast meteors and glowing trains, 10-20 per hour in normal years. Best viewed after midnight far from city lights; the Moon is about 80% full, so the brightest meteors will stand out most. Free, just look up.
- Source: https://sf.funcheap.com/orionid-meteor-shower-halleys-comets-debris/
- Feed: [Cool events in San Francisco](https://wknd.app/f/5th2ds/cool-events-in-san-francisco)

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