Eta-Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak (overnight)

The annual Eta-Aquariids Meteor Shower is produced when Earth’s orbit carries us through a cloud of particles left behind by repeated trips of Halley’s Comet along its own orbit around the sun. The shower, which runs from April 19 to May 28, will peak in intensity from Monday evening to Tuesday morning, May 6 in the Americas. A relatively bright moon will hide the fainter meteors until it sets around 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning. While some meteors should be visible on Monday evening, more should appear once the shower’s radiant point in Aquarius rises above the southeastern horizon around 3 a.m. local time on Monday. A few dozen meteors per hour are typical during the peak – including some fireball meteors. Its southerly radiant makes the Eta-Aquariids shower better for observers located closer to the tropics.