Lyrids 2037
Peak · Moderate moonlight: fainter meteors will be lost.
Peak activity (showing UTC)
- Active
- to
- Rate
- up to 18/hour
- Moon at peak
- 39% · Waxing Crescent
- Parent body
- C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Choose a location to see how high the radiant climbs from your city.
Watching the Lyrids in 2037
The shower is active for weeks, but rates climb sharply in the day or two around the peak. Watch on the night of and the nights on either side, ideally after midnight local time when the radiant is highest. Moderate moonlight: fainter meteors will be lost. Get away from streetlights, lie back, and let your eyes adapt for twenty minutes; no telescope or binoculars needed, since meteors streak across a wide patch of sky.