Topic

Perseids

The August shower fed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle: peak dates, radiant altitude hour by hour, moonlight, and the nights that still work after the maximum.

The Perseids After the Peak: Six Nights That Still Work

The maximum fell last night. The stream itself stays active until 24 August. We computed, night by night, the radiant's altitude, the window of genuinely dark sky and what the Moon leaves of it. Six useful nights remain, and one date on which the door shuts.

Une traînée de météore traverse un ciel d'été piqué d'étoiles, au-dessus d'une ligne de pins en silhouette.

The 12 August 2026 Eclipse, Then the Perseids: the Darkest Night of the Decade

On the same evening, western Europe will watch the Sun set as a crescent, then the best meteor shower of the year fall through a moonless sky. That is no coincidence: it is the same Moon doing both.