August 12 Meteor Shower

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August 12 meteor shower. The perseids meteor shower takes place within the boundaries constellation of perseus between july 23 august 22 and peaking on august 12 13 every year. The meteor shower peaks this week in the pre dawn hours of august 12 and the days surrounding it. Under ideal conditions skywatchers can expect to see up to 100 meteors per hour a much higher.
The shower will peak with the most number of meteors during the late evening hours of august 11 and early morning hours of august 12 which coincides with the last quarter moon phase or a bright. 12 it is already producing enough meteors to make it worthwhile to do some early stargazing. Even though the 2020 perseid meteor shower will be at its best on tuesday aug.
The bright perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year. Marcos del mazo lightrocket via getty images poland. 11 and wednesday aug.
But if the last quarter moon that will appear during the shower this year is especially bright they ll be washed out. If the weather is good that s the best time to try to view it. The peak nights in 2020 are the nights of tuesday august 11 into wednesday august 12 and wednesday august 12 into thursday august 13 though the few.
The meteor shower is active from july 14 to august 24 but it will most likely peak on august 11 and 12.