Meteor showers 2030: full calendar
Calendar of the 2030 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 2030 11:58 | 110 (±) | excellent (little moonlight) | 230° / 50° | 41 km/s | 2003 EH1 |
| Lyrids | 22 Apr 2030 09:42 | 18 | poor (bright moon) | 271° / 34° | 49 km/s | C/1861 G1 Thatcher |
| Eta Aquariids | 05 May 2030 23:08 | 50 | excellent (little moonlight) | 338° / -1° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | 30 Jul 2030 02:11 | 25 | excellent (little moonlight) | 340° / -16° | 41 km/s | 96P/Machholz (provável) |
| Alpha Capricornids | 30 Jul 2030 02:11 | 5 | excellent (little moonlight) | 307° / -10° | 23 km/s | 169P/NEAT |
| Perseids | 12 Aug 2030 15:55 | 100 | poor (bright moon) | 48° / 58° | 59 km/s | 109P/Swift-Tuttle |
| Draconids | 08 Oct 2030 15:25 | 5 (±) | poor (bright moon) | 262° / 56° | 20 km/s | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
| Orionids | 21 Oct 2030 08:38 | 20 | fair | 95° / 16° | 66 km/s | 1P/Halley |
| Southern Taurids | 05 Nov 2030 09:12 | 5 | poor (bright moon) | 32° / 9° | 27 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Northern Taurids | 12 Nov 2030 08:31 | 5 | poor (bright moon) | 58° / 23° | 29 km/s | 2P/Encke |
| Leonids | 17 Nov 2030 14:07 | 15 (±) | fair | 154° / 22° | 71 km/s | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
| Geminids | 14 Dec 2030 04:07 | 150 | poor (bright moon) | 112° / 32° | 35 km/s | 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | 22 Dec 2030 12:34 | 10 (±) | excellent (little moonlight) | 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