December Meteor Shower

Unfortunately december s full moon also known as the cold.

December meteor shower. Some are faint or best seen from the southern hemisphere or may be washed out by a bright moon. Sky telescope s meteor shower calendar focuses on eight showers that should be fairly visible from north america. When meteor enthusiasts think of the month of december they immediately conjure up visions of the geminids.

This is the shower s maximum or time when the most meteors fall per hour. The shower will peak on dec. The geminids are considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year with the possibility of sighting around 120 meteors per hour at its peak which is on december 13 or 14 depending on your time zone.

The famous geminid meteor shower will sling bright shooting stars this winter though a just past full moon will make all but the brightest hard to see. The american meteor society lists meteor showers that will peak between july and december. The shower owes its name to the constellation gemini because the meteors seem to emerge from this constellation in the sky.

The shower is active and impressive all week but will peak the night of friday december 13 into the morning of saturday december 14. And lasting into the morning hours of the next day.