Don’t Miss the 2025 Perseids: Ultimate Guide to Photographing August’s Meteor Shower
The Perseid meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12 into the early hours of August 13, 2025. The peak occurs three days after a full moon, so bright moonlight reduces fainter meteors and you may see about 10–20 meteors per hour under moonlit skies. In North America and Europe, the peak is the night of Aug 12–13 with the best rates from midnight to dawn as Perseus rises in the northeast. In Asia and Australia, the peak timing is around 2:30 UTC on Aug 13, with good opportunities in the pre-dawn hours of Aug 12 and Aug 13.