Meteor Showers in New Zealand
There are a number of meteor showers visible from New Zealand throughout the year. The dates and times are essentially the same each year although the exact "peak" times may vary slightly.
On this page we'll highlight the best meteor shower opportunities for people in New Zealand. We recommend that you only bother with the ones that have at least 20 expected meteors per hour.
| Meteor Shower | Dates | Peak (Best night to watch) |
Zenith Hour Rate (Maximum expected meteors per hour) |
Nearest bright star | RA (Right Ascension coordinate) | Dec (Declination coordinate) |
| Centaurids | Jan 28 - Feb 21 | Feb 8 | 4 | β Cen | 14.1 | -59 |
| gamma-Normids | Feb 25 - Mar 22 | Mar 13 | 8 | γ Nor | 16.6 | -51 |
| pi-Puppids | Apr 15 - Apr 28 | Apr 23 | 40 | σ Pup | 7.3 | -45 |
| eta-Aquariads | Apr 19 - May 28 | May 5 | 60 | η Aqr | 22.5 | -1 |
| Pisces Austrinids | Jul 15 - Aug 10 | Jul 27 | 5 | α PsA | 22.7 | -30 |
| alpha-Capricornids | Jul 3 - Aug 15 | Jul 30 | 4 | α Cap | 20.5 | -10 |
| Southern delta-Aquarids | Jul 15 - Aug 25 | Jul 27 | 20 | δ Aqr | 22.6 | -16 |
| Southern iota-Aquarids | Jul 25 - Aug 15 | Aug 4 | 2 | ι Aqr | 22.3 | -15 |
| Northern delta-Aquarids | Jul 15 - Aug 25 | Aug 13 | 4 | θ Aqr | 22.3 | -5 |
| Northern iota-Aquarids | Aug 11 - Aug 31 | Aug 19 | 3 | β Aqr | 21.8 | -6 |
| Piscids | Sep 1 - Sep 30 | Sep 19 | 3 | λ Psc | 0.3 | -1 |
| Orionids | Oct 2 - Nov 7 | Oct 21 | 20 | γ Gem | 6.3 | +16 |
| Leonids | Nov 14 - Nov 21 | Nov 17 | 100+ | γ Leo | 10.2 | +22 |
| alpha-Monocerotids | Nov 15 - Nov 25 | Nov 22 | 5 | δ Mon | 7.9 | +1 |
| Pheonicids | Nov 28 - Dec 9 | Dec 6 | variable | Achernar | 1.2 | +53 |
| Geminids | Dec 7 - Dec 14 | Dec 14 | 120 | Castor | 7.3 | +33 |