August 12 Meteor Shower

If the weather is good that s the best time to try to view it.

August 12 meteor shower. During the major shower about 100 bright to very bright meteors are expected per hour with a speed of approximately 59 km s. Nasa says this year the moon. When is the perseid meteor shower in 2020.

A meteor crossing the night sky over the milky way in a sunflower field in brihuega guadalajara spain on august 12 2020. 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. 11 and wednesday aug.

Even though the 2020 perseid meteor shower will be at its best on tuesday aug. 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. 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 peaks this week in the pre dawn hours of august 12 and the days surrounding it. But if the last quarter moon that will appear during the shower this year is especially bright they ll be washed out. Under ideal conditions skywatchers can expect to see up to 100 meteors per hour a much higher.

12 it is already producing enough meteors to make it worthwhile to do some early stargazing.