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During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday February 5th. At that time the moon will lie opposite the sun and will remain above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the moon will rise later each...

February offers the meteor observer in the Northern Hemisphere a couple of weak showers plus falling sporadic rates. This may not seem too exiting but you never know when surprises are in store. An errant earthgrazer from the...

During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday January 21st. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. As the week progresses the moon will enter the evening sky as a waxing...

During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Sunday January 15th. On that date the half-illuminated moon will rise near 01:00 local standard time and will remain in the sky the remainder of the night. As the week progresses the moon’s phase will lessen plus it will rise approximately 45 minutes later with each passing night. During the last half of this period the crescent moon will not be a factor to inhibit meteor observing.

During this period, the moon wanes from being full to nearly half-illuminated by the end of the period. This is the worst time of the month to try and view meteor activity as only the slow early evening hours are free of interfering moonlight.

During this period, the moon waxes from being half illuminated to nearly full by the end of the period. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set during the early morning hours and will not interfere with meteor watching in the hours just prior to dawn when activity is most plentiful.

During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday December 30th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near midnight on that date. This weekend the waxing crescent moon will...

Call for volunteers for a field search A field search will be organized 17-18 December before rainy weather ruins the frozen ground and complicates any searches. FRIPON provides more details in French (or see the Dutch version)....

During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Friday December 23rd. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning...

  Ioana Boaca (Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy) and Maria Gritsevich (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, University of Helsinki) chat about their AAS Journal article on meteors, how to identify a...