When Is The Next Metior Shower

The entire lyrid meteor shower is active from april 16 to april 28 2020 and is best seen from the northern hemisphere.

When is the next metior shower. This shower generated by debris dropped by comet 21p giacobini zinner. July 17th 2021 to august 26th 2021 the perseids are the most popular meteor shower as they peak on warm august nights as seen from the northern hemisphere. Change oct 7 8 2020 peak in new york draconids northern hemisphere best oct 20 21 2020 peak in new york orionids both hemispheres.

Meteor showers are named for the constellation that coincides with this region in the sky a spot known as the radiant. Moon phases in your city. The perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation perseus.

2020 meteor showers calendar. The eta aquarids in may is the other meteor shower created by debris left by comet halley. The perseids are active from july 17 to august 24.

They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. Meteor shower peak dates are based on local times in new york. Sunrise sunset times.

The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. For instance the radiant for the leonid meteor shower is in the constellation leo. Night sky planets.

You can also see it from the southern hemisphere but expect lower rates of meteors there. Astronomical events and highlights of 2020 and 2021 including supermoons solar and lunar eclipses meteor showers solstices and equinoxes. The leonid meteor shower is annually active in the month of november and it usually peaks around november 17 or 18.