Meteor Showers
Data has been adapted from Gary Kronk's Page
January Radiants Quadrantids 1/3-4 12/28-1/7 45-200 Bright, bluish Minor Activity z Aurigids 12/31-1/1 12/11-1/21 Slow Jan Bootids 1/15-16 1/9-1/18 Photographic d Cancrids 1/13-17 12/14-2/14 1 Slow, bright Canes Venaticids 1/ 24-25 1/13-1/20 Radar h Carinids 1/21-22 1/14-1/29 1-2 White h Craterids 1/16-17 1/11-1/22 weak Rapid, faint Jan Draconids 1/13-16 rare r Geminids 1/8-9 12/28-1/28 <1 a Hydrids 1/20-21 1/15-1/30 2-3 White, blue, yellow a Leonids 1/24-31 1/13-2/13 Telescopic g Velids 1/5-8 1/1-1/17 7 White, blue, orange February Radiants Major Activity None Minor Activity Aurigids 2/5-10 1/31-2/23 2 Slow, some fireballs a Centaurids 2/8-9 2/2-2/25 3 Mag 2.4 b Centaurids 2/8-9 2/2-2/25 14v Southern hemisphere d Leonids 2/22-23 2/5-3/19 3 Temporary shower s Leonids 2/25-26 2/9-3/13 rare Daylight Activity: Capricornids-Sagittariids 1/30-2/3 1/13-2/28 C Capricornids 2/13-14 1/25-2/28 March Radiants Major Activity None Minor Activity e Draconids 3/29-31 3/22-4/8 Faint b Leonids 3/20-21 2/14-4/25 3-4 r Leonids 3/1-4 2/17-3/13 Photographic Leonids-Ursids 3/10-11 3/18-4/7 Photographic d Mensids 3/18-19 3/14-3/21 1-2 Southern hemisphere g Normids 3/16-17 3/11-3/21 5-9 Southern hemisphere h Virginids 3/18-19 2/24-3/27 2-3 Virginid complex p Virginids 3/3-9 2-13-4/8 2-5 Virginid complex q Virginids 3/20-21 3/10-4/21 1-3 Virginid complex Daylight Activity: March Aquarids 3/15-18 3/12-3/22 April Radiants Lyrids(Thatcher) 4/20-21 4/16-4/25 10-100 Rapid,bright Minor Activity t Draconids 3/31-4/2 3/13-4/17 rare Librids 4/17-18 4/13-4/21 Slow d Pavonids 4/ 5-6 4/3-4/8 10v Mag 3.1 p Puppids 4/23-24 4/18-4/25 2-4 v18-42 Yellow April Ursids 4/19-20 3/18-5/9 Occasional fireball a Virginids 4/7-18 3/10-5/6 5-10 Slow April Virginids 4/7-8 4/1-4/16 Virginid complex g Virginids 4/14-15 4/5-4/21 <5 Virginid complex Daylight Activity: April Piscids 4/20-21 4/8-4/29 May Radiants h Aquarids(Halley's) 5/5-6 4/21-5/12 20 Mag 3, trains Minor Activity e Aquilids 5/19-20 5/4-5/27 Telescopic May Librids 5/6-7 5/1-5/9 6 Southern hemisphere N. May Ophiuchids 5/18-19 4/8-6/16 2-3 Slow S. May Ophiuchids 5/13-18 4/21-6/4 2 Daylight Activity: e Arietids 5/9-10 4/25-4/27 May Arietids 5/16-17 5/4-6/6 o Cetids 5/14-25 5/7-6/9 May Piscids 5/12-13 5/4-5/27 June Radiants Major Activity None Minor Activity June Aquilids 6/16-17 Not established June Bootids 6/28-9 6/27-7/5 1-2 Pons-Winnecke Corvids 6/27-28 rare Temporary t Herculids 6/9-10 5/19-6/19 1 v59 Faint mag 4 June Lyrids 6/15-16 6/10-6/21 8 Blue, white Ophiuchids 6/20-21 5/19-7/2 6 Mag 3, fireballs q Ophiuchids 6/10-11 5/21-6/16 10 1-2 in US Sagittariids 6/10-11 6/8-6/16 4 Rare f Sagittariids 6/18-19 6/1-7/15 5 Some fireballs c Scorpiids 5/28-6/5 5/6-7/2 Very slow W Scorpiids 6/3-6 5/28-6/5 5-20 Southern hemisphere June Scutids 6/27-28 6/2-7/29 2-4 Mag 2.5 Daylight Activity: Arietids 6/8-9 5/22-7/2 60 View before sunrise z Perseids 6/13-14 5/20-7/5 1-2 & after sunset b Taurids 6/29-30 6/5-7/18 July Radiants S. d Aquarids 7/29-30 7/14-8/18 15-20 Sharp, No wakes, sparks Minor Activity a Lyrids 7/14-15 7/9-7/20 1-2 Faint, white July Phoenicids 7/14-15 7/9-7/17 1 Southern hemisphere a Pisces Australids 7/30-31 7/16-8/13 3-5 Slow, white s Capricornids 7/10-20 6/18-7/30 2 Faint t Capricornids 7/12-13 7/10-7/20 3 Related to d Aquarids o Draconids 7/17-18 Extremely weak August Radiants Perseids(Swift-Tuttle) 8/12-13 7/23-8/22 80 Fast, mag 2.3, trains S i Aquarids 8/6-7 7/1-9/18 7-8 Mag 3 N i Aquarids 8/25-26 8/11-9/10 5-10 Fainter than S.i Aqu. a Capricornids 8/1-2 7/15-9/11 6-14 Slow, bluish Minor Activity N. d Aquarids 8/13-14 7/16-9/10 10 Related to S. d Aquarids k Cygnids 8/19-20 7/26-9/1 6 Moderate, blue-white Aug Eridanids 8/11-12 8/2-8/27 Southern Hemisphere u Pegasids 8/8-9 7/25-8/19 2-5 Fast, yellow a Ursa Majorids 8/13-14 8/9-8/30 4 Slow Daylight Activity g Leonids 8/25-26 September Radiants Major Activity None Minor Activity g Aquarids 9/7-8 9/1-9/4 1-4 Aries-Triangulids 9/11-12 new discovery Mag 1 observed a Aurigids 9/1-2 8/25-9/6 9(v30) Bright h Draconids 9/12-13 8/28-9/23 Early evening g Piscids 9/23/24 9/10-10/5 4 New shower S. Piscids 9/11-12 8/12-10/7 5 Very slow October Radiants Orionids, (Halleys) 10/21-22 10/15-10/29 20/hr Fast, blue to red Minor Activity Arietids (Autumn) 10/8-9 9/7-10/27 3-5 d Aurigids 10/ 6-15 9/22-10/23 2 Rapid streaky h Cetids 10/1-5 9/20-11/2 rare Fireballs mag(-20) Oct Cetids 10/5-6 9/22-10/22 Telescopic Oct Cygnids 10/4-9 9/26-10/10 Rare Draconids(Giacobini-Zinner) 10/9-10 10/6-10/12 4(v6000) Slow, faint, yellow e Geminids 10/18-19 10/10-10/27 1-2 Mag 3.3 N. Piscids 10/12-13 8/12-10/7 5 Very slow Daylight Activity: Sextantids 9/29-10/4 9/24-10/9 November Radiants Leonids-(Tuttle) 11/17/18 11/14-11/20 10-15(v1000) Fast Periodic 33yrs (1998-99 max) Minor Activity Andromedids(Biela) 11/14/15 9/25-12/26 5(v5000) Weak now Nov. Monocerotids 11/21-22 11/13-12/2 v100(10yrs) Rapid, max due 1995 a Pegasids 11/1-12 10/29-11/12 2 Telescopic, fireballs? N. Taurids 11/ 4-7 10/12-12/2 7 White,yellow, fireballs S. Taurids 10/30-11/7 9/17-11/27 7 Fainter than N. Taurids December Radiants Geminids 12/13/14 12/6-12/19 80/hr Rapid, yellow Minor Activity d Arietids 12/8-11 12/8-12/13 7-8 Some fireballs Canis Minorids 12/10-11 12/4-12/15 1 White, swift, faint Coma Berenicids 12/20-29 12/8-1/23 6 Weak shower s Hydrids 12/11-12 12/4-12/15 3-5 Yellow, mag 3 Dec. Monocerotids 12/11-12 11/9-12/18 1-2 N. c Orionids 12/10-11 11/16-12/16 2 Bright, slow S. c Orionids 12/10-11 12/2-12/18 3 Mag 1.6, yellow Phoenicids 12/5-6 11/29-12/9 1-5(v100) Southern hemisphere a Puppids 12/2-5 11/29-12/15 10 Southern hemisphere Ursids 12/22-23 12/17-12/24 10-15(v100) Yellow, white, faint,