Perseids 2028
The most-watched shower of the year: warm August nights, a high northern radiant, and reliable bright, fast meteors.
Maximum: August 13, 2028 Active: Jul 17 – Aug 24
Viewing from New York
The Perseids reach maximum on August 13, 2028, with a peak rate of up to 100 meteors per hour under ideal dark skies (active Jul 17 – Aug 24). A 61%-lit Moon is up for part of the peak night and will wash out the faintest meteors, though the brighter ones still show. Rates stay elevated for several nights either side of the maximum, so you do not need to catch the exact peak night.
Nominal ZHR
100/hr
Moon
61% Waning Gibbous
Moon interference
Moderate (fair)
Moon conditions computed for New York, 2028.
About the Perseids
Active
Jul 17 – Aug 24
Radiant (J2000)
3h 12m, +58°
Velocity
59 km/s
Nominal ZHR
100 / hour
Population index
r = 2.2
Parent body
Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle
The date of maximum is taken from the IMO Working List of Visual Meteor Showers; the radiant, velocity and parent body come from the IAU Meteor Data Center. Only the Moon phase and interference are computed for the year and location shown.