The Full Corn Moon & Upcoming “Blood Moon” Eclipse This weekend’s moon will be a brilliant full Corn Moon, traditionally named for the harvest season starwalk.space. It rises just after sunset and floods the night with silver light – so bright it may outshine fainter stars and meteors. Notably, the Moon will appear near golden…
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Key Facts Summary Full Report Skywatchers are in for a treat on the nights of September 2–3, 2025. From spectacular auroral displays dancing in the atmosphere to a parade of planets and even human-made satellites gliding overhead, nearly every corner of the sky has something exciting happening. Below we break down all the major sky…
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The Perseids peak on Aug 12–13 and officially continue through Aug 23, so on Aug 20–21 you may still catch a few meteors, with rates around 10–20 per hour under darker skies when the Moon is about 8% illuminated on Aug 20 and 3% on Aug 21. The Kappa Cygnid shower peaks around Aug 18…
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The Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13, 2025, delivering 60–90 meteors per hour under dark skies, though a bright 84% full Moon may limit visibility to about 15 meteors per hour. The Eta Eridanid meteor shower peaks in the pre-dawn hours of August 8, 2025, at about 3 meteors per hour and appears to emanate…
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The Perseids, active in early August and building toward their mid-August peak, can reach about 100 meteors per hour at maximum under dark skies, with bright blue fireballs from debris of Comet Swift–Tuttle. The 2025 Perseids peak will be hampered by moonlight: the Sturgeon Moon will be full on Aug 9, and the Moon will…
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During the Aug 2–3 predawn hours under dark skies at mid-northern latitudes, observers could see about 20 meteors per hour as the Perseids rise. The Moon is in first-quarter and will set in the early morning, washing out fainter Perseids and potentially reducing observed rates by about 75% near the maximum. Delta Aquariids are tapering…
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The Perseids are active now and ramp toward their mid-August peak, with up to 50 to 100 meteors per hour at best, though moonlight will reduce counts. The Southern Delta Aquariids are active, producing about 3–4 meteors per hour in early August as they radiate from Aquarius and originate from Comet 96P/Machholz. Alpha Capricornids peaked…
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Delta Aquariids peak on the nights of July 30–31 with rates up to 15–20 meteors per hour in the Southern Hemisphere and fewer than 10 per hour from mid-northern latitudes, under a slender 25–30% lit Moon that sets early. Alpha Capricornids peak around July 30–31, averaging 2–5 meteors per hour, but delivering slow, bright fireballs…
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on December 13–14, 2025, with as many as 100–150 meteors per hour under dark skies, originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon. The Ursid meteor shower peaks around December 21–22, 2025, near 11:00 UTC, typically producing 5–10 meteors per hour under dark skies thanks to a new Moon on December 20.…
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The Taurid meteor showers peak with the Southern Taurids around November 5 and the Northern Taurids around November 9, 2025, in a year noted for a Taurid “swarm” of larger meteoroids. The Leonid meteor shower peaks on the night of November 16–17, 2025, under a ~9% illuminated Moon, offering about 15 meteors per hour and…
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