Double Meteor Show on July 29–30, 2025

You’re in for a treat: two meteor showers peak tonight, making for a unique celestial show:

Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA)

• Active: July 18 – August 12
• Peak: Night of July 30 (into July 31)
• Rate: ~15–20 meteors/hour (up to 20/hr in the southern hemisphere)TIME+15Jagranjosh.com+15TIME+15TIME+15NewsBytes+15Space+15Star Walk+2NASA+2The Times of India+2NewsBytes+9Wikipedia+9American Meteor Society+9
• Features: Fast, faint meteors originating from the constellation Aquarius, just west of Delta Aquarii Houston Chronicle+15Space+15TIME+15

Alpha Capricornids (CAP)

• Active: July 7 – August 15
• Peak: July 30–31
• Rate: ~5 meteors/hour, occasionally bright fireballs NewsBytes+2Wikipedia+2Live Science+2American Meteor Society+15Star Walk+15The Times of India+15
• Features: Slow-moving, slow meteors with impressive brightness, radiant near CapricornusStockCake+15Star Walk+15New York Post+15

Together, these feature-rich showers offer up to 25 meteors per hour under ideal dark-sky conditions TIME+15Live Science+15Jagranjosh.com+15.

🌌 Best Viewing Tonight: Dallas, TX

• Moon Conditions: Waxing crescent (~27% lit) will set early, leaving the sky dark after midnightForbes+1Jagranjosh.com+1
• Ideal Time: From midnight through dawn, with the sweet spot around 2–5 a.m.