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Orbital Characteristics

Bright Gibbous Moon Limits Perseids Peak to About 25 Meteors an Hour

Organized nighttime gatherings are running worldwide from Spain to Mexico in anticipation of the waning gibbous Moon

Waning Gibbous Moon Threatens Perseid Meteor Peak, Observers Advised to Chase Earthgrazers and Livestreams

Astronomers Gear Up for August’s Sturgeon Moon, Six-Planet Alignment and Perseid Peak