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Annual meteor shower guide for 2026

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Orionids Peak was 6 days ago
ZHR: ~20 Speed: 66 km/s Radiant: Orion Moon: 73%
Southern Taurids Peak in 9 days
ZHR: ~5 Speed: 27 km/s Radiant: Taurus Moon: 17%
Northern Taurids Peak in 16 days
ZHR: ~5 Speed: 29 km/s Radiant: Taurus Moon: 8%

Annual Timeline

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Quadrantids
Lyrids
Pi Puppids
Eta Aquariids
Daytime Arietids
June Boötids
Southern Delta Aquariids
Alpha Capricornids
Perseids
Draconids
Orionids
Southern Taurids
Northern Taurids
Leonids
Monocerotids
Phoenicids
Andromedids
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%)