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Click for detailed info, and an Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Map. Is there a meteor shower tonight, and when is the next meteor shower? Use our 2024 guide to find the best time to see shooting stars from your location.
Meteor Shower Calendar 2024-2025. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky called Radiant. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories.
When to watch: The best night for the 2024 Quadrantids is January 2-3. (The predicted peak** is 19 UTC on January 3). Nearest moon phase: A first quarter moon will come at 23:56 UTC on January 6...
This is the thirty-fourth edition of the International Meteor Organization (IMO) Meteor Shower Calendar. Its main goal is to draw the attention of observers to both regularly returning meteor showers and to events which may be possible according to model calculations.
When’s the next meteor shower? See the Almanac’s 2024 Meteor Shower Calendar for the best viewing times, number of shooting stars per hour, and viewing tips for all the year’s major meteor showers.
Meteor Shower Calendar 2024. Use our guide to find the best time to see shooting stars from your location, and explore our Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Maps.
August 2024: The Perseids. Predicted peak: The Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12, 2024 at 13:42 UTC. Overall duration of shower: From July 18 to August 25. Moon phase: The moon will be in the first quarter phase and 7 days old during the peak.
Meteor Shower Calendar 2024: When to See Shooting Stars. Our guide has everything you need to know about the upcoming meteor showers — including the dates of activity, best time to view, radiant location, and number of shooting stars per hour.
Figure 1 gives the expected visual meteor rates (ZHR) for ground observers during calendar year 2024. The visual rate is dominated by the Quadrantids in early January, the eta Aquariids in May, the Geminids in mid-December, and, to a lesser extent, the Perseids (PER) in mid-August.
Meteor shower guide 2024: The Taurids best around November 5. The Draconids will be best before dawn around the nights of October 7-8. Your 2024 meteor shower guide here.