Meteor showers
Ursids 2026
The Ursids are active from 17 December to 26 December and peak on 22 December 2026, 21:54 UTC. Under a dark sky with the radiant overhead up to about 10 meteors an hour can be seen. At the peak the moon is 98% lit. They enter the atmosphere at 33 km/s; the stream comes from 8P/Tuttle.
- Peak
- 22 December 2026 · 21:54 UTC
- Meteors an hour (ZHR)
- 10
- Speed
- 33 km/s
- Radiant height
- RA 14h28m · Dec +76°
- Parent body
- 8P/Tuttle
- Moon at the peak
- 98%
Best time · 2026
| Country | Town | Best time | Radiant height | Expected per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | Prague | 22 Dec 06:24 | 61° | 9 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 22 Dec 05:54 | 58° | 9 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 22 Dec 06:24 | 58° | 9 |
| Switzerland | Bern | 22 Dec 06:54 | 58° | 9 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 22 Dec 06:24 | 62° | 9 |
| Albania | Tirana | 22 Dec 05:24 | 51° | 8 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 22 Dec 06:54 | 53° | 8 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 22 Dec 05:54 | 55° | 8 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 22 Dec 06:24 | 53° | 8 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 22 Dec 06:24 | 57° | 8 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 22 Dec 05:54 | 56° | 8 |
| Greece | Athens | 22 Dec 06:24 | 49° | 8 |
| Italy | Rome | 22 Dec 06:24 | 53° | 8 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 22 Dec 05:24 | 53° | 8 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 22 Dec 06:24 | 54° | 8 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 22 Dec 05:54 | 54° | 8 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 22 Dec 05:24 | 52° | 8 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 22 Dec 06:24 | 49° | 8 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 22 Dec 06:24 | 55° | 8 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 22 Dec 06:24 | 55° | 8 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 22 Dec 05:54 | 56° | 8 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 22 Dec 06:24 | 57° | 8 |
| Spain | Madrid | 22 Dec 07:24 | 51° | 8 |
| Türkiye | Ankara | 22 Dec 06:54 | 51° | 8 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 22 Dec 06:24 | 53° | 8 |
| Algeria | Algiers | 22 Dec 06:24 | 46° | 7 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 22 Dec 06:54 | 43° | 7 |
| Malta | Valletta | 22 Dec 05:54 | 46° | 7 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 22 Dec 06:24 | 45° | 7 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 22 Dec 06:24 | 48° | 7 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 22 Dec 05:54 | 35° | 6 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 22 Dec 05:24 | 27° | 5 |
| Cuba | Havana | 22 Dec 05:54 | 33° | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 22 Dec 05:54 | 28° | 5 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 22 Dec 04:54 | 27° | 5 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 22 Dec 05:24 | 27° | 5 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 22 Dec 06:24 | 27° | 5 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 22 Dec 05:54 | 29° | 5 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 22 Dec 05:24 | 26° | 4 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 22 Dec 05:24 | 23° | 4 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 22 Dec 05:24 | 22° | 4 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 22 Dec 05:54 | 24° | 4 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 22 Dec 05:24 | 25° | 4 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 22 Dec 04:54 | 22° | 4 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 22 Dec 06:24 | 23° | 4 |
| Grenada | St. George's | 22 Dec 05:24 | 21° | 4 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 22 Dec 05:24 | 24° | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 22 Dec 06:24 | 21° | 4 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 22 Dec 04:54 | 23° | 4 |
| Mali | Bamako | 22 Dec 05:54 | 22° | 4 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 22 Dec 04:54 | 21° | 4 |
| Niger | Niamey | 22 Dec 05:54 | 22° | 4 |
| Philippines | Manila | 22 Dec 05:24 | 25° | 4 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 22 Dec 05:24 | 26° | 4 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 22 Dec 05:24 | 23° | 4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 22 Dec 05:24 | 23° | 4 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 22 Dec 06:24 | 24° | 4 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 22 Dec 05:54 | 15° | 3 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 22 Dec 04:54 | 20° | 3 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 22 Dec 04:54 | 19° | 3 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 22 Dec 05:54 | 18° | 3 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 22 Dec 04:54 | 16° | 3 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 22 Dec 05:24 | 16° | 3 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 22 Dec 05:54 | 15° | 3 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 22 Dec 05:24 | 15° | 3 |
| Micronesia | Palikir | 22 Dec 05:24 | 16° | 3 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 22 Dec 05:24 | 17° | 3 |
| Panama | Panama City | 22 Dec 05:24 | 18° | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 22 Dec 05:54 | 17° | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 22 Dec 05:24 | 16° | 3 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 22 Dec 05:54 | 15° | 3 |
| Togo | Lomé | 22 Dec 04:54 | 15° | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 22 Dec 05:24 | 20° | 3 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 22 Dec 05:24 | 19° | 3 |
| United States | Washington | 22 Dec 05:54 | 49° | 2 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 23 Dec 06:54 | 51° | 2 |
| Austria | Vienna | 23 Dec 05:54 | 59° | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 23 Dec 06:24 | 50° | 2 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 23 Dec 06:24 | 62° | 2 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 23 Dec 06:24 | 60° | 2 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 22 Dec 05:24 | 14° | 2 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 23 Dec 05:24 | 13° | 2 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 23 Dec 04:54 | 14° | 2 |
| China | Beijing | 22 Dec 06:24 | 51° | 2 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | 22 Dec 04:54 | 13° | 2 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 23 Dec 05:24 | 64° | 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 22 Dec 05:24 | 12° | 2 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 23 Dec 04:54 | 64° | 2 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 23 Dec 04:54 | 65° | 2 |
| France | Paris | 23 Dec 06:54 | 60° | 2 |
| Gabon | Libreville | 23 Dec 05:24 | 9° | 2 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 23 Dec 06:54 | 52° | 2 |
| Germany | Berlin | 23 Dec 05:24 | 61° | 2 |
| Ghana | Accra | 22 Dec 04:54 | 14° | 2 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 22 Dec 21:54 | 50° | 2 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 23 Dec 05:54 | 62° | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 23 Dec 05:54 | 61° | 2 |
| Kiribati | Teaoraereke Village | 22 Dec 05:24 | 10° | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 23 Dec 06:54 | 53° | 2 |
| Latvia | Riga | 23 Dec 05:24 | 64° | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 23 Dec 06:24 | 58° | 2 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 23 Dec 05:24 | 62° | 2 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 23 Dec 06:24 | 60° | 2 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 22 Dec 06:54 | 59° | 2 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 23 Dec 06:24 | 62° | 2 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 22 Dec 06:24 | 49° | 2 |
| Norway | Oslo | 23 Dec 04:54 | 65° | 2 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 23 Dec 04:54 | 61° | 2 |
| Russia | Moscow | 23 Dec 05:24 | 62° | 2 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 22 Dec 04:24 | 9° | 2 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 22 Dec 05:54 | 10° | 2 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 23 Dec 05:54 | 59° | 2 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 23 Dec 04:24 | 65° | 2 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 23 Dec 06:24 | 49° | 2 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 23 Dec 05:54 | 10° | 2 |
| United Kingdom | London | 23 Dec 05:24 | 60° | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 23 Dec 06:24 | 52° | 2 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 23 Dec 05:54 | 45° | 1 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 23 Dec 05:24 | 37° | 1 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 22 Dec 05:24 | 33° | 1 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 22 Dec 05:24 | 37° | 1 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 23 Dec 04:54 | 5° | 1 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 22 Dec 04:54 | 20° | 1 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 23 Dec 05:24 | 45° | 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 23 Dec 04:54 | 5° | 1 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 23 Dec 05:24 | 21° | 1 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 22 Dec 04:54 | 8° | 1 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 23 Dec 05:24 | 40° | 1 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 23 Dec 05:24 | 24° | 1 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 23 Dec 05:24 | 18° | 1 |
| India | New Delhi | 23 Dec 05:54 | 38° | 1 |
| Iran | Tehran | 23 Dec 05:54 | 46° | 1 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 23 Dec 05:54 | 44° | 1 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 23 Dec 05:24 | 42° | 1 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 22 Dec 05:24 | 46° | 1 |
| Jordan | Amman | 23 Dec 06:24 | 42° | 1 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 23 Dec 05:24 | 39° | 1 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 22 Dec 05:24 | 27° | 1 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 23 Dec 05:24 | 44° | 1 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 22 Dec 05:24 | 29° | 1 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 22 Dec 05:54 | 8° | 1 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 22 Dec 05:39 | 38° | 1 |
| Oman | Muscat | 23 Dec 05:24 | 33° | 1 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 23 Dec 05:54 | 44° | 1 |
| Palau | Koror | 22 Dec 04:54 | 16° | 1 |
| Palestine | Giv'at Ze'ev | 23 Dec 05:24 | 42° | 1 |
| Qatar | Doha | 23 Dec 04:54 | 35° | 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 23 Dec 04:54 | 5° | 1 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 23 Dec 04:54 | 7° | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 23 Dec 05:24 | 35° | 1 |
| South Korea | Seoul | 22 Dec 06:24 | 48° | 1 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 23 Dec 04:54 | 24° | 1 |
| Syria | Damascus | 23 Dec 06:24 | 44° | 1 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 22 Dec 05:24 | 35° | 1 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 22 Dec 05:24 | 23° | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 23 Dec 06:54 | 48° | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 23 Dec 05:54 | 34° | 1 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 22 Dec 05:24 | 31° | 1 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 23 Dec 05:24 | 25° | 1 |
| Angola | Luanda | 23 Dec 04:54 | 0° | 0 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Australia | Canberra | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Brazil | Brasília | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Chile | Santiago | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Comoros | Moroni | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| East Timor | Dili | 22 Dec 05:24 | 0° | 0 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Fiji | Suva | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 22 Dec 04:24 | 2° | 0 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 23 Dec 05:24 | 7° | 0 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 22 Dec 05:54 | 11° | 0 |
| Maldives | Malé | 22 Dec 04:54 | 12° | 0 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| New Zealand | Wellington | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Peru | Lima | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Samoa | Apia | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 23 Dec 04:54 | 3° | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 23 Dec 04:54 | 11° | 0 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| South Sudan | Juba | 23 Dec 04:54 | 14° | 0 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 23 Dec 05:24 | 2° | 0 |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | – | below the horizon | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | – | below the horizon | 0 |
How it is calculated
Eclipses, moonrise and moonset and the phases are computed for each place from the positions of the sun and the moon (VSOP87 and ELP theories, accurate to about a minute of arc). Times are local; the height of the sun or moon is above the place's horizon.
Meteor rates assume a dark sky: city lights and haze lower them a lot. The expected number per hour counts the radiant's height and the moon's light at the best hour of the peak night.