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2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 16 December 2026

4 named showers are active on this date. Radiants are positioned from the IMO 2026 calendar.

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GEM · RADIANT
Geminids RA 07h 36m · DEC +32.8 deg

The strongest and most reliable major shower of 2026, with a broad maximum and many bright meteors and fireballs.

Active
4 December 2026 - 20 December 2026
Maximum
14 December 2026, 14:00 UTC
Visual ZHR
150
Speed
35 km/s
Radiant
RA 07h 36m · DEC +32.8 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 15:12, transit 00:30, set 09:49 UTC
Parent body
(3200) Phaethon

A fast minor shower that can still produce bright meteors. Its radiant overlaps a crowded December sky.

Active
3 December 2026 - 20 December 2026
Maximum
9 December 2026
Visual ZHR
7
Speed
58 km/s
Radiant
RA 08h 43m · DEC +0.8 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 19:34, transit 01:37, set 07:40 UTC

A weak, fast northern source with a long activity interval and only a modest rate variation near its reference maximum.

Active
4 December 2026 - 30 January 2027
Maximum
23 December 2026
Visual ZHR
3
Speed
65 km/s
Radiant
RA 10h 31m · DEC +31.6 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 18:18, transit 03:25, set 12:31 UTC

A weak December shower whose radiant lies near other active sources, making optical separation difficult.

Active
1 December 2026 - 19 December 2026
Maximum
9 December 2026
Visual ZHR
3
Speed
41 km/s
Radiant
RA 07h 02m · DEC +7.0 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 17:20, transit 23:53, set 06:25 UTC

Shower calendars and radiant positions provide astronomical context only. They do not identify the cause of an individual radio record. Visual ZHR is not a radio echo rate. Read the identification and limitations note .

Radiant positions are interpolated from the IMO 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar. The broad Antihelion Source, when shown, is a diffuse radiant region and not a true meteor shower.

Receiver activity, not visual ZHR. Rates use measured observing time.

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