Meteor Shower Seattle

This view looking east at 6 000 feet elevation on table mountain near ellensburg shows a meteor in the perseid shower entering earth s atmosphere.

Meteor shower seattle. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. New meteor shower interactive sky map. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location.

Click and drag to explore other parts of the sky. At this time the half illuminated moon is located 90 degrees east of the sun and sets near 2300 local daylight saving time ldst. During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on wednesday september 23rd.

Steve ringman the seattle times 2010 by. In 2021 the perseids will peak on the night between aug 12 13. List of meteor showers.

Meteor activity outlook for september 19 25 2020. The interactive meteor shower sky map shows the position of the radiant in the night sky above any location. 2020 guide to meteor showers supermoons in washington across washington wa quadrantids start 2020 off with a display of up to 100 blazing blue shooting stars an hour and four supermoons are.

Seattle wa the perseid meteor shower is about to hit its peak over western washington and it promises to be a show assuming some cloudy weather doesn t spoil it all. The american meteor society says this was likely a random event unrelated to a meteor shower that s currently lighting up the sky around the world. Best places to watch originally published august 10 2016 at 8 57 pm updated august 12 2016 at 3 02 pm this year s perseid meteor shower is expected to be.