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2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 18 December 2026

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

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Geminids RA 07h 44m · DEC +32.4 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 44m · DEC +32.4 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 15:16, transit 00:30, set 09:45 UTC
Parent body
(3200) Phaethon

A compact northern shower with a circumpolar radiant at SO8OO. A weak filament may precede the regular 2026 maximum.

Active
17 December 2026 - 26 December 2026
Maximum
22 December 2026, 22:00 UTC
Visual ZHR
10
Speed
33 km/s
Radiant
RA 14h 28m · DEC +76.0 deg
From SO8OO
Circumpolar; altitude 36-64 deg
Parent body
8P/Tuttle

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 50m · DEC +0.4 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 19:35, transit 01:36, set 07:37 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 38m · DEC +30.8 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 18:24, transit 03:23, set 12:22 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 07m · DEC +7.0 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 17:17, transit 23:50, set 06:22 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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