UNTILXYZ

Annual meteor shower

Date may change

Perseids meteor shower

Earth crosses debris from comet Swift-Tuttle each August, producing the widely visible Perseid meteor shower around its traditional mid-August peak.

17
days to go
DateAugust 12, 2026
CountdownWhole calendar days
TimezoneUTC

Good to know

Is August 12 an exact peak time?

No. NASA says the Perseids peak around August 12 each year, so this is a provisional date-only planning marker rather than an exact instant.

Date-only countdowns compare calendar dates in the governing timezone. They do not invent a start time.