☄️ Quadrantids · peak Jan 2 · ~80/hr · 🌓 moon 60%
Sunday, December 28, 1924
– January 12, 1925
All day
Peak: January 2, 1925, around 23:00 UTC — up to about 80 meteors an hour under a dark sky. The Moon will be 60% lit: a bright Moon, which will wash out all but the brightest meteors. Meteors seem to come from Boötes; the debris is from asteroid 2003 EH1. A sharp peak of only a few hours, best seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Peak times and rates: the International Meteor Organization's working list.
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