{"id":799699,"date":"2025-12-13T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799699"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:33:29","slug":"geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-december-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799699","title":{"rendered":"Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, December 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>The Geminid meteor shower will peak overnight on December 13 -14, with rates of up to 150 meteors possible in the night sky during the peak.<\/p>\n<p>The peak of the shower will occur at around 03:00 UTC on December 14 (21:00 CST on December 13). The best time to watch the meteors will be from late evening on December 13 to the early dawn hours of December 14.<\/p>\n<p>The meteor shower can be observed live on a YouTube stream by the Virtual Telescope Project, set to begin at 21:00 UTC (15:00 CST) on December 13.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ss4cq9lzG8c\" data-id=\"Ss4cq9lzG8c\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025  Geminid Meteor Shower: online observation - 13 Dec. 2025\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ss4cq9lzG8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to look for Geminids <\/h2>\n<p>Look for Geminid meteors streaking away from a point of origin close to the bright star Castor in the constellation Gemini, which rises above the eastern horizon a few hours after sunset and remains visible throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>The observing conditions are favorable this year, with the Moon a waning crescent, about 30% illuminated, rising after 02:00 LT on December 14 in many northern locations.<\/p>\n<p>This provides several hours of moon-free darkness during the period when the radiant is rising, and meteor activity is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>The exact moonrise time varies with longitude, so optimal viewing intervals depend on local conditions. After moonrise, observers can continue viewing by facing westward to minimize lunar glare.<\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 5.1.0 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2025\/12\/13\/geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-december-13\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Geminid meteor shower will peak overnight on December 13 -14, with rates of up to 150 meteors possible in the night sky during the peak. The peak of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":791963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=799699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/791963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=799699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=799699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=799699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}