Meteor showers 2028: full calendar
Calendar of the 2028 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 | 04 Jan 2028 00:20 | 110 (±) | fair | 230° / 50° | 41 km/s | 2003 EH1 |
| Lyrids | 21 Apr 2028 22:05 | 18 | excellent (little moonlight) | 271° / 34° | 49 km/s | C/1861 G1 Thatcher |
| Eta Aquariids | 05 May 2028 11:32 | 50 | poor (bright moon) | 338° / -1° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | 29 Jul 2028 14:35 | 25 | fair | 340° / -16° | 41 km/s | 96P/Machholz (provável) |
| Alpha Capricornids | 29 Jul 2028 14:35 | 5 | fair | 307° / -10° | 23 km/s | 169P/NEAT |
| Perseids | 12 Aug 2028 04:20 | 100 | poor (bright moon) | 48° / 58° | 59 km/s | 109P/Swift-Tuttle |
| Draconids | 08 Oct 2028 03:47 | 5 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 262° / 56° | 20 km/s | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
| Orionids | 20 Oct 2028 21:00 | 20 | excellent (little moonlight) | 95° / 16° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Taurids | 04 Nov 2028 21:34 | 5 | poor (bright moon) | 32° / 9° | 27 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Northern Taurids | 11 Nov 2028 20:53 | 5 | fair | 58° / 23° | 29 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Leonids | 17 Nov 2028 02:29 | 15 (±) | excellent (little moonlight) | 154° / 22° | 71 km/s | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
| Geminids | 13 Dec 2028 16:28 | 150 | excellent (little moonlight) | 112° / 32° | 35 km/s | 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | 22 Dec 2028 00:54 | 10 (±) | fair | 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