Southern Delta Aquariids 2032
Peak · Bright moonlight: expect only the brightest meteors.
Peak activity (showing UTC)
- Active
- to
- Rate
- up to 25/hour
- Moon at peak
- 60% · Waning Gibbous
- Parent body
- 96P/Machholz
Choose a location to see how high the radiant climbs from your city.
Watching the Southern Delta Aquariids in 2032
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. Bright moonlight: expect only the brightest meteors. 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.