Meteor shower calendar for 2009

Shower	Interval	Maximum	R.A.	Decl.	Vg	ZHR	Moon %
January
Quadrantids	Jan 01 - Jan 05	Jan 03	230°	50°	41	120	35
February
alpha-Centaurids	Jan 27 - Feb 20	Feb 07	211°	-58°	56	7	90
delta-Leonids	Feb 14 - Mar 09	Feb 24	168°	16°	23	2	1
March
gamma-Normids	Feb 24 - Mar 21	Mar 13	239°	-50°	56	4	96
April
Lyrids	Apr 15 - Apr 25	Apr 22	272°	33°	49	18	12
pi-Puppids	Apr 14 - Apr 27	Apr 23	110°	-45°	18	-	6
May
eta-Aquarids	Apr 19 - May 27	May 06	338°	-0°	66	60	89
eta-Lyrids	May 03 - May 11	May 09	287°	44°	44	3	100
June
June Bootids	Jun 22 - Jul 01	Jun 27	224°	48°	18	-	24
July
Piscis Austrinids	Jul 15 - Aug 09	Jul 28	341°	-30°	35	5	41
South. delta-Aquarids	Jul 12 - Aug 18	Jul 28	339°	-16°	40	20	41
alpha-Capricornids	Jul 02 - Aug 14	Jul 30	307°	-10°	23	4	61
August
Perseids	Jul 17 - Aug 23	Aug 12	48°	58°	59	100	69
kappa-Cygnids	Aug 03 - Aug 26	Aug 18	280°	54°	24	3	9
September
alpha-Aurigids	Aug 25 - Sep 07	Sep 01	84°	42°	66	7	88
September Perseids	Sep 04 - Sep 16	Sep 09	60°	47°	64	5	81
October
delta-Aurigids	Sep 17 - Oct 10	Oct 04	88°	49°	64	2	100
Draconids	Oct 07 - Oct 12	Oct 08	264°	58°	20	-	84
epsilon-Geminids	Oct 14 - Oct 27	Oct 19	102°	27°	70	2	1
Orionids	Oct 02 - Nov 07	Oct 22	95°	16°	66	23	15
Leo Minorids	Oct 19 - Oct 27	Oct 24	162°	37°	62	2	31
November
Southern Taurids	Oct 03 - Nov 24	Nov 05	52°	15°	28	5	94
Northern Taurids	Oct 03 - Nov 24	Nov 12	58°	22°	29	5	25
Leonids	Nov 10 - Nov 23	Nov 17	154°	22°	71	300	0
alpha-Monocerotids	Nov 15 - Nov 24	Nov 21	117°	1°	65	-	16
December
December Phoenicids	Nov 28 - Dec 08	Dec 06	18°	-53°	18	-	82
Puppid/Velids (estimate)	Dec 01 - Dec 14	Dec 07	123°	-45°	40	10	72
Monocerotids	Nov 27 - Dec 16	Dec 09	100°	8°	42	2	50
sigma-Hydrids	Dec 03 - Dec 15	Dec 12	127°	2°	58	3	20
Geminids	Dec 07 - Dec 17	Dec 14	114°	32°	35	120	6
Coma Berenicids	Dec 12 - Jan 22	Dec 19	177°	25°	65	5	6
Ursids	Dec 16 - Dec 25	Dec 22	219°	75°	33	10	25

Predictions are based on data from:

• International Meteor Organization.
• IAU Meteor Data Center.
• IAU electronic telegrams.

The meaning of the columns is the following:

• Shower: the name of the shower.
• Interval: interval of shower activity.
• Maximum: Date of maximum activity.
• R.A. and Decl.: ICRS Right ascension and declination of radiant at maximum. Radiants with a clear positive declination are only seen from northern hemisphere, or the southern when negative.
• Vg: Geocentric velocity in km/s, not accounting for the acceleration by Earth's gravity.
• ZHR: Zenith Hourly Rate. The greatest number of meteors that an observer would see in ideal conditions, with totally clear skies and the radiant at zenith.
• Moon %: Percentage of illumination of the Moon at 0h TT of the maximum's day.

See the explanation for more details.