Major Meteor Showers and Eclipses in 2025

Next Meteor Shower

Quadrantids
Active from December 26th to January 16th, 2025

The Quadrantids have the potential to be the strongest shower of the year but usually fall short due to the short length of maximum activity (6 hours) and the poor weather experienced during early January. The average hourly rates one can expect under dark skies is 25. These meteors usually lack persistent trains but often produce bright fireballs. Due to the high northerly declination (celestial latitude) these meteors are not well seen from the southern hemisphere. Predictions for 2025 show a peak near 17:45 UT on January 3rd. This timing favors the Pacific area. Rates could be quite high if observed under clear, transparent skies. The waxing crescent moon will set before the radiant achieves a favorable altitude.

The Quadrantids will next peak on the Jan 2-3, 2025 night. On this night, the moon will be 11% full.

Next Eclipse 

Lunar Eclipse on March 13-14th. Regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse: Europe, Much of Asia, Much of Australia, Much of Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctica. Specifically, this eclipse begins on Mar 13th at 11:57:28 pm with the full eclipse at 2:58:43 am and fully ending at 6:00:09 am on March 14th.