Ursids Meteor Shower Peak

The Ursids meteor shower, which is produced by particles of debris dropped by the periodic comet 8P/Tuttle, runs from December 17 to 26 every year. The weak, short-duration shower will peak (usually with only 5 to 10 meteors visible in an hour) while Earth is traversing the densest part of the debris field on Sunday morning in the Americas, but the best time to watch for Ursids meteors will be Saturday evening, December 21 before the bright, waning gibbous moon rises around midnight local time. True Ursids will streak away from a location near the North Star Polaris, but the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky.