Geminid meteor shower 2025 peaks next week. Here's what you need to know about this year's best meteor shower

Streaks of white light from the Geminid meteor shower are seen across an orange and blue sunset night sky with a silhouette of a tree and person in the foreground.

Without question of doubt, near the top of the list of the very best celestial events of 2025 would be the upcoming performance of the Geminid meteor shower. This pre-Christmas display of celestial fireworks is due to reach its peak during the long, dark overnight hours of Saturday, Dec. 13, into the morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 14.

The moon will be a waning crescent that won't rise until the predawn hours when the Geminid meteor shower should be at its peak. This annual shower is as reliable as the Perseids of August and is now, according to British meteor expert Alastair McBeath, ". . . one of the very best presently seen from the Earth."