";s:4:"text";s:1847:"Check our Moon Phase Calendar to find out the phase of the Moon during this year’s Geminid meteor shower. These were all shot between 1 and 6AM on 12/14 from Diamond Butte, Montana. Meteor Showers happen at very much characterized occasions during the year, enduring from a couple of days to two or three weeks. According to NASA, the Geminids is one of the “best and most reliable” meteor showers to pass by our planet. Over this period, there will be a chance of seeing Geminid meteors whenever the shower's radiant point – in the constellation Gemini – is above the horizon, with the number of visible meteors increasing the higher the radiant point is in the sky. Geminid Meteor shower 2020. What is a Meteor shower? The Geminid meteor shower was at first very modest, but it now delivers one to two meteors a minute. The Geminid meteor shower is an annual astronomical event, and this year the light show will peak on the nights of December 13th and 14th. A few meteors may fall on any given night, but the best time to watch for them is during the peak of an annual meteor shower. The Geminid meteor shower will be active from 4 December to 17 December, producing its peak rate of meteors around 14 December. The Perseid meteor shower, together with the quadrant meteor shower and the Geminid meteor shower are called the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere. Get ready, skywatchers — it’s the ideal opportunity to observe the Geminids, best shower compared to other meteor showers of the year. I finally finished editing my pics of the Geminid meteor shower from last week. The active period is from July 17 to August 24 every year. Space.com describes them as “bright and easy to spot — even from light-polluted areas.” The best meteor showers occur when the Moon is absent or mostly absent.