{"id":38806,"date":"2013-12-09T01:05:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T06:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=38806"},"modified":"2013-12-09T01:05:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T06:05:33","slug":"geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-december-13-2013-geminids-peak-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-december-13-2013-geminids-peak-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks On December 13 2013 — Geminids Peak Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the best meteor showers of the year, the Geminids, will be peaking less than a week from now, on the night of December 13, 2013 (early morning of December 14, 2013). The exact peak of the prolific meteor shower will be right around 2 AM (local time) on the 14th — but anytime after midnight or so should be good.<\/p>\n
The peak rate this year is expected to be somewhere right around 50-60 meteors an hour — providing the weather cooperates, of course. That said, the Moon will be in a relatively bright phase around the time of the peak, so the number visible during the absolute peak will be a bit lower. You can wait out the Moon though (in most locations) — for those on the East Coast, the Moon will set right around 3:30 AM. So anytime after that should be good.<\/p>\n