{"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

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As always with the Geminids, you can expect to see a number of super-bright “fireballs” — meteors that can really light up the night’s sky, sometimes even leaving behind long-persistent trails. While the Geminids meteor shower does put on its best show for those in the Northern Hemisphere, those in the Southern Hemisphere will get a pretty good show as well. Of course for those down under the closer to the equator\/Northern Hemisphere that you are, the better.<\/p>\n

The Geminids will appear to be originating out of the constellation Gemini, in the Eastern portion of the late night’s sky. Regardless of where you’re looking though, you’ll see meteors — so that’s nothing to think about too much.<\/p>\n