Meteor showers 2029: full calendar
Calendar of the 2029 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 2029 06:08 | 110 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 230° / 50° | 41 km/s | 2003 EH1 |
| Lyrids | 22 Apr 2029 03:53 | 18 | fair | 271° / 34° | 49 km/s | C/1861 G1 Thatcher |
| Eta Aquariids | 05 May 2029 17:19 | 50 | fair | 338° / -1° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | 29 Jul 2029 20:23 | 25 | poor (bright moon) | 340° / -16° | 41 km/s | 96P/Machholz (provável) |
| Alpha Capricornids | 29 Jul 2029 20:23 | 5 | poor (bright moon) | 307° / -10° | 23 km/s | 169P/NEAT |
| Perseids | 12 Aug 2029 10:07 | 100 | excellent (little moonlight) | 48° / 58° | 59 km/s | 109P/Swift-Tuttle |
| Draconids | 08 Oct 2029 09:35 | 5 (±) | excellent (little moonlight) | 262° / 56° | 20 km/s | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
| Orionids | 21 Oct 2029 02:48 | 20 | poor (bright moon) | 95° / 16° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Taurids | 05 Nov 2029 03:22 | 5 | excellent (little moonlight) | 32° / 9° | 27 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Northern Taurids | 12 Nov 2029 02:41 | 5 | fair | 58° / 23° | 29 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Leonids | 17 Nov 2029 08:18 | 15 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 154° / 22° | 71 km/s | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
| Geminids | 13 Dec 2029 22:17 | 150 | poor (bright moon) | 112° / 32° | 35 km/s | 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | 22 Dec 2029 06:44 | 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