Meteor showers 2026: full calendar
Calendar of the 2026 meteor showers: date and time of each peak, ZHR, radiant and the moon phase on the night.
| Peak | ZHR | Moon at the peak | Radiant | Speed | Parent body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrantids | 03 Jan 2026 12:44 | 110 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 230° / 50° | 41 km/s | 2003 EH1 |
| Lyrids | 22 Apr 2026 10:31 | 18 | fair | 271° / 34° | 49 km/s | C/1861 G1 Thatcher |
| Eta Aquariids | 05 May 2026 23:58 | 50 | poor (bright moon) | 338° / -1° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | 30 Jul 2026 03:03 | 25 | poor (bright moon) | 340° / -16° | 41 km/s | 96P/Machholz (provável) |
| Alpha Capricornids | 30 Jul 2026 03:03 | 5 | poor (bright moon) | 307° / -10° | 23 km/s | 169P/NEAT |
| Perseids | 12 Aug 2026 16:47 | 100 | excellent (little moonlight) | 48° / 58° | 59 km/s | 109P/Swift-Tuttle |
| Draconids | 08 Oct 2026 16:12 | 5 (±) | excellent (little moonlight) | 262° / 56° | 20 km/s | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
| Orionids | 21 Oct 2026 09:25 | 20 | poor (bright moon) | 95° / 16° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Taurids | 05 Nov 2026 09:58 | 5 | excellent (little moonlight) | 32° / 9° | 27 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Northern Taurids | 12 Nov 2026 09:17 | 5 | excellent (little moonlight) | 58° / 23° | 29 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Leonids | 17 Nov 2026 14:53 | 15 (±) | fair | 154° / 22° | 71 km/s | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
| Geminids | 14 Dec 2026 04:52 | 150 | excellent (little moonlight) | 112° / 32° | 35 km/s | 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | 22 Dec 2026 13:18 | 10 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 219° / 75° | 33 km/s | 8P/Tuttle |
ZHR is the number of meteors an hour you would see with the radiant overhead, under a perfectly dark sky and no moon. From a city, expect a fraction of that.
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How these times are calculated
Each shower’s parameters (solar longitude of the peak, activity period, radiant, speed and ZHR) come from the IMO Working List of Visual Meteor Showers. The peak date and time are not stored: they are computed year by year by solving for the instant when the Sun’s ecliptic longitude reaches the peak value, using the same solar series as the sunrise pages. For sharply peaked showers such as the Quadrantids, the IMO publishes year-specific predictions that can differ by a few hours.
- IMO — International Meteor Organization, Working List of Visual Meteor Showers — imo.net