Nearest moon phase: In 2023, a waning gibbous moon will compete with a dark sky before dawn around the predicted peak on June 7. Watch for them in the sunrise direction in the dark hour before dawn breaks. There’s a predicted** peak on June 7, 2023. When to watch: Watch from May 29 to June 17. You might catch some Arietids that morning in the dark hour before dawn. In 2023, their predicted** peak will be the morning of June 7. Just find a dark sky, and look up! But what about meteor showers that happen in the daytime, when the sun is up? The Arietids are sometimes said to be the most active daytime meteor shower. June 2023 daytime meteor shower … the Arietids That’s why the Southern Hemisphere will see more meteors (the radiant will be higher up), and it’s why – for all of us around the globe – the hours before dawn will be best for this shower. That highest point will be in the south as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, closer to overhead for the Southern Hemisphere. The radiant will rise in the wee hours after midnight and will continue climbing toward its highest point at dawn. Read more: All you need to know about Eta Aquariid meteors The radiant point of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower will be near the star Eta Aquarii in the constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer. It’s often that hemisphere’s best meteor shower of the year … but not in 2023, when moonlight will drown out most meteors. That’s why this shower favors the Southern Hemisphere. Note: The Eta Aquariids’ radiant will be on the ecliptic, which will ride low in the sky on spring mornings as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Farther south – at latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere – you might see two to three times that number. That’s why before dawn will be the best time to watch this shower.Įxpected meteors at peak, under ideal conditions: In the southern half of the U.S., you might see 10 to 20 meteors per hour under a dark sky, with no moon, when the radiant is high in the sky. Radiant: Will rise in the wee hours, climbing toward its highest point at dawn. Moonlight will obscure the 2023 Eta Aquariids.
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Nearest moon phase: Full moon will fall at 17:34 UTC on May 5. So you can expect elevated numbers of meteors a few days before and after the peak time … albeit in moonlight. And the peak of this shower stretches out over several days. But times vary between different experts. The American Meteor Society is listing 15 UTC on May 6 as the shower’s predicted** peak time. If you want to try watching in moonlight, try the mornings of May 5, 6 and 7, 2023, in the hours before dawn. When to watch: Full moon will fall at the peak of the 2023 Eta Aquariid shower. Our yearly crowd-funding campaign is going on now. Help! EarthSky needs your support to continue. Next up is the Eta Aquariid meteor shower followed by the daytime Arietids, in early June.
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