List of meteor showers
Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to "radiate" from a certain point in the sky and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. As of November 2019, there are 112 established meteor showers.
Table of meteor showers
Note: Dates are accurate for 2019. The dates will 'move' based upon the year in the Leap year cycle. Also, this list includes showers with radiants in both the northern and southern hemispheres. There is some overlap, but generally showers whose radiants have positive declinations are best seen from the northern hemisphere, and those with negative declinations are best observed from the southern hemisphere.| Name | Dates | Peak | Celestial longitude | RA | Dec | Speed | ZHR | rating | parent body |
| Antihelion Source | – 10 Sep | multiple | varies | varies | 30 | 4 | medium | N/A | |
| Quadrantids | – 12 Jan | 283.16 | 15.3 | +49 | 41 | 110 | bright | 2003 EH1 ? | |
| Gamma Ursae Minorids | – 8 Feb | 298 | 15.2 | +67 | 31 | 3 | medium | undiscovered | |
| omicron Hydrids | – 20 Feb | 179 | 11.6 | −35 | 58 | 1 | undiscovered | ||
| Alpha Centaurids | – 20 Feb | 319.2 | 14.0 | −59 | 58 | 6 | bright | undiscovered | |
| Gamma Normids | – 28 Mar | 354 | 15.9 | −50 | 56 | 6 | bright | possibly C/1864 R1 or C/1893 U1 | |
| Lyrids | – 30 Apr | 32.32 | 18.1 | +34 | 49 | 18 | bright | C/1861 G1 | |
| Pi Puppids | – 28 Apr | 33.5 | 7.3 | −45 | 18 | variable | bright | 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup | |
| Eta Aquariids | – 28 May | 45.5 | 22.5 | −1 | 66 | 50 | bright | 1P/Halley | |
| Eta Lyrids | – 14 May | 48 | 19.1 | +44 | 43 | 3 | medium | C/1983 H1 | |
| Daytime Arietids | – 24 Jun | 76.6 | 2.9 | +24 | 38 | 30 | medium | 1566 Icarus ? | |
| Tau Herculids | - 19 Jun | 72 | 15.2 | +39.8 | 15 | 3 | medium | 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann | |
| June Bootids | – 2 Jul | 95.7 | 14.9 | +48 | 18 | variable | bright | 7P/Pons-Winnecke | |
| 49 Andromedids | – 14 Aug | 25 | 1.6 | +48 | 60 | 1 | medium | possibly C/2001 W2 | |
| Piscis Austrinids | – 10 Aug | 125 | 22.7 | −30 | 35 | 5 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | – 23 Aug | 127 | 22.7 | −16 | 41 | 25 | bright | 96P/Machholz | |
| Alpha Capricornids | – 15 Aug | 127 | 20.5 | −10 | 23 | 5 | bright | 169P/NEAT | |
| Perseids | – 24 Aug | 140.0 | 3.2 | +58 | 59 | 110 | bright | 109P/Swift-Tuttle | |
| Kappa Cygnids | – 25 Aug | 145 | 19.1 | +59 | 25 | 3 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Aurigids | – 5 Sep | 158.6 | 6.1 | +39 | 66 | 6 | bright | C/1911 N1 | |
| September Epsilon Perseids | – 21 Sep | 166.7 | 3.2 | +40 | 64 | 5 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Daytime Sextantids | – 9 Oct | 184.3 | 10.1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | bright | 2005 UD | |
| October Camelopardalids | – 6 Oct | 192.58 | 10.9 | +79 | 47 | 5 | bright | undiscovered | |
| Draconids | – 10 Oct | 195.4 | 17.5 | +54 | 20 | 10 | medium | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | |
| Southern Taurids | – 20 Nov | 197 | 2.1 | +9 | 27 | 5 | bright | 2P/Encke | |
| Delta Aurigids | – 18 Oct | 198 | 5.6 | +44 | 64 | 2 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Epsilon Geminids | – 27 Oct | 205 | 6.8 | +27 | 70 | 3 | medium | C/1964 N1 | |
| Orionids | – 7 Nov | 208 | 6.3 | +16 | 66 | 20 | bright | 1P/Halley | |
| Leonis Minorids | – 27 Oct | 211 | 10.8 | +37 | 62 | 2 | medium | C/1739 K1 | |
| Andromedids | - 6 Dec | 226 | 1.6 | +37 | 19 | 3 | medium | 3D/Biela | |
| Northern Taurids | – 10 Dec | 230 | 3.9 | +22 | 29 | 5 | bright | 2P/Encke | |
| Leonids | – 30 Nov | 235.27 | 10.1 | +22 | 71 | 15 | bright | 55P/Tempel–Tuttle | |
| Alpha Monocerotids | – 25 Nov | 239.32 | 7.8 | +1 | 65 | variable | bright | undiscovered | |
| November Orionids | – 6 Dec | 246 | 6.1 | +16 | 44 | 3 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Phoenicids | – 9 Dec | 250.0 | 1.2 | −53 | 18 | variable | medium | 289P/Blanpain | |
| Puppid-Velids | – 15 Dec | multiple | 255 | 8.2 | −45 | 40 | 10 | medium | undiscovered |
| Monocerotids | – 20 Dec | 257 | 6.7 | +8 | 41 | 2 | medium | C/1917 F1 | |
| Sigma Hydrids | – 15 Dec | 260 | 8.5 | +2 | 58 | 3 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Geminids | – 17 Dec | 262.2 | 7.5 | +33 | 35 | 140 | medium | 3200 Phaethon | |
| Comae Berenicids | – 23 Dec | 264 | 11.7 | +18 | 65 | 3 | medium | undiscovered | |
| Ursids | – 26 Dec | 270.7 | 14.5 | +76 | 33 | 10 | medium | 8P/Tuttle |