A list of meteor showers, with dates.
On Møn you can see meteors (shooting stars) all year, as long as the weather is clear without moonlight. But there are times when there are especially many meteors.
Bring a sleeping mat, lie down, relax and look up. If you stand up, your neck easily starts being painful, and you won't enjoy it very much.
Bootides 28. december – 12. januar
Lyrids 16. april –30. april
Eta-Aquarids 19. april – 28. maj
Alpha-Capricornids 3. juli –15. august
Delta-Aquarids 12. juli – 23. august
Persids 17. juli – 24. august
Orionids 2. oktober –7. november
Taurids 20. oktober –10. december
Leonids 6. november – 30. november
Geminids 4. december – 20.december
Ursids 17. december –26.december
Shower | Time | Parent object |
early January | The same as the parent object of minor planet 2003 EH1,[28] and Comet C/1490 Y1.[29][30] Comet C/1385 U1 has also been studied as a possible source.[31] | |
late April | Comet Thatcher | |
Pi Puppids (periodic) | late April | Comet 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup |
early May | Comet 1P/Halley | |
mid-June | Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex[1][32] | |
late June | Comet 2P/Encke | |
June Bootids (periodic) | late June | Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke |
late July | Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex[1][32] | |
late July | Comet 169P/NEAT[33] | |
mid-August | Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle | |
mid-August | Minor planet 2008 ED69[34] | |
Aurigids (periodic) | early September | Comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess)[35] |
Draconids (periodic) | early October | Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
late October | Comet 1P/Halley | |
early November | Comet 2P/Encke | |
mid-November | Minor planet 2004 TG10 and others[1][36] | |
Andromedids (periodic) | mid-November | Comet 3D/Biela[37] |
Alpha Monocerotids (periodic) | mid-November | unknown[38] |
mid-November | Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle | |
Phoenicids (periodic) | early December | Comet 289P/Blanpain[39] |
mid-December | Minor planet 3200 Phaethon[40] | |
late December | Comet 8P/Tuttle[41] |