Meteor Showers

Night: … · change

The Moon

Up between sunset and sunrise

The meteor showers active on this night whose radiants are above the horizon, in the order they stand highest.

• Rises, Sets: when the radiant rises and sets; “always up” where it does not set.
• Highest: when the radiant stands highest between sunset and sunrise.
• Altitude: how high it stands at that moment.
• Polar night: where the Sun does not rise, the night runs from one solar noon to the next.