The Minor meteor shower, the Ursids is happening right now. The phase of the Moon on December 22nd in the morning during the peak of the Ursids Meteor Shower will be a waxing crescent with 31% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated. This is decent news for this shower as there will be less moonlight [...]
Posts under ‘December Meteor Shower’
Meteor Shower King or Twins?
The next meteor shower is the Geminids and it’s strongest right now. So why are you reading my blog? The reason could be that you probably heard all the buzz about the Perseids Meteor Shower in August and the Leonids Meteor of November, but during December the Geminids Meteor Shower is King. Some may say [...]
Meteor Shower Schedule for a Busy December
The Geminids Meteor Shower is similar to other meteor showers in that it takes its name from the constellation from where it seems to originate. However most meteor showers that I discuss during the year are the result of a comet’s dust particles or meteoroids that follow the comet’s orbit around our Sun and hit [...]
The Ursids Meteor Shower to Peak December 22
Our next meteor shower, the Ursids will peak in the morning hours of December 22, 2008 with a waning crescent moon present in the sky thus shedding less light. The parent comet of this shower, the 8P/Tuttle passed closely to Earth in January of 2008. It is unknown if this will increase the activity of [...]
