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Meteor Showers

Annual meteor shower guide for 2026

Annual Timeline

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Quadrantids
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Northern Taurids
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Sigma Hydrids
Geminids
Ursids
Today
Shower Peak ZHR Moon Actions
Quadrantids QUA
2003 EH1 (asteroid)
 Jan 3 ~120 100%
Lyrids LYR
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
 Apr 22 ~18 29%
Pi Puppids PPU
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
 Apr 23 ~5 39%
Eta Aquariids ETA
1P/Halley
 May 6 ~50 83%
Daytime Arietids ARI
Uncertain (possibly 1566 Icarus or Marsden group comets)
 Jun 7 ~30 63%
June Boötids JBO
7P/Pons-Winnecke
 Jun 27 ~5 93%
Southern Delta Aquariids SDA
96P/Machholz
 Jul 30 ~25 100%
Alpha Capricornids CAP
169P/NEAT
 Jul 30 ~5 100%
Perseids PER
109P/Swift-Tuttle
 Aug 12 ~100 0%
Draconids DRA
21P/Giacobini-Zinner
 Oct 8 ~10 7%
Orionids ORI
1P/Halley
 Oct 21 ~20 73%
Southern Taurids STA
2P/Encke
 Nov 5 ~5 17%
Northern Taurids NTA
2P/Encke
 Nov 12 ~5 8%
Leonids LEO
55P/Tempel-Tuttle
 Nov 17 ~15 47%
Monocerotids MON
Unknown
 Nov 21 ~2 84%
Phoenicids PHO
289P/Blanpain
 Dec 2 ~5 40%
Andromedids AND
3D/Biela
 Dec 3 ~3 30%
Sigma Hydrids HYD
Unknown
 Dec 6 ~3 8%
Geminids GEM
3200 Phaethon (asteroid)
 Dec 14 ~150 22%
Ursids URS
8P/Tuttle
 Dec 22 ~10 95%
Major (ZHR 100+) Notable (ZHR 15+) Minor Good conditions (<40%) Fair conditions (40-70%) Poor conditions (>70%)