The sky keeps appointments.

Leonids peak up to ~15/hour at best

Active Nov 6 – Nov 30 · parent Comet Tempel–Tuttle. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.

Geminids peak up to ~150/hour at best

Active Dec 4 – Dec 20 · parent Asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.

Ursids peak up to ~10/hour at best

Active Dec 17 – Dec 26 · parent Comet 8P/Tuttle. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.

Quadrantids peak up to ~110/hour at best

Active Dec 28 – Jan 12 · parent Asteroid 2003 EH1. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.

Annular solar eclipse annular solar

The ring of fire crosses southern South America and the South Atlantic; partial phases across much of South America and West Africa.

Lyrids peak up to ~18/hour at best

Active Apr 14 – Apr 30 · parent Comet Thatcher. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.

Eta Aquariids peak up to ~50/hour at best

Active Apr 19 – May 28 · parent Comet Halley. Rates are for a dark sky; the Moon and your horizon take their share.