December Meteor Shower Schedule

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The Geminids Meteor Shower is the highlight of the month of December. I’m hoping it is as spectacular as it was last year. As you can see from the below meteor shower schedule, there are several meteor showers occurring this month!

Meteor Shower	Start	Maximum	End	ZHR
Phoenicids	Nov 28	Dec 6	Dec 9	Variable
Puppid/Velids	Dec 1	Dec 7	Dec 15	8+
Monocerotids	Nov 27	Dec 9	Dec 17	Low (2+)
σ-Hydrids	Dec 3	Dec 12	Dec 15	Low (2+)
Geminids	Dec 7	Dec 14	Dec 17	120
Comae Berenicids	Dec 5	Dec 20 & 29	Dec 29	5+
Ursids	Dec 17	Dec 22	Dec 26	10

I will be writing some more blog posts about the Geminids Meteor Shower as well as giving you some meteor facts about all the meteor showers this month. In the meantime, mark your calendar, bookmark this site and keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark