--- title: Lyrid Meteor Shower: How to Watch the Annual Event description: The annual Lyrid meteor shower will happen until April 25. Here's how to watch it canonical: https://time.com/5243520/lyrid-meteor-shower-2018-how-to-watch/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-17T19:10:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:31:00.000Z article:section: Science og:title: The Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Coming This Weekend. 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Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:31 PM UTCPublished: Apr 17, 2018 7:10 PM UTC What’s Up for April 2018 From The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:31 PM UTCPublished: Apr 17, 2018 7:10 PM UTC The annual [Lyrid meteor shower](http://time.com/3829416/watch-lyrid-meteor-shower/) will dazzle the skies this weekend, hitting its peak on Sunday before dawn. Here’s what you need to know about the can’t-miss meteor shower. The Lyrid meteor shower, which started on Monday, will clearest in the hours before dawn on April 22, according to [EarthSky](http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-lyrid-meteor-shower), when the set moon won’t interfere with visibility. Observers may see between 10 and 20 meteors an hour at the Lyrid meteor shower’s peak. For those looking forward to catching the Lyrid meteor shower at its peak, head out before dawn on Sunday, April 22\. The waxing moon will set after midnight local time, leaving the sky open for visible meteors. Find a spot where the sky appears clear, without light pollution or large buildings. The Lyrids will continue to appear in the sky until April 25. The sky will be clearest after midnight local time on April 22, which is the best moment to head out and see the meteors. Across the U.S., the best and clearest viewing conditions are expected in the northeastern and southwestern regions of the country, [according to Accuweather](https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/lyrid-meteor-shower/70004697). A cloud system is expected to spread from parts of the midwest to the south and into parts of the Appalachian mountains, blocking some visibility in those areas. Accuweather reports that some clouds are expected in the Northwest but that breaks in the sky will allow viewers to see some meteors.  A meteor from the Lyrid meteor shower streaks through the sky above a barn along a country road near Oakland, Ore. April 21, 2012. Robin Loznak—Zuma Press/Corbis The Lyrid meteor shower, which is one of the oldest meteor showers, occurs every year when the Earth crosses the orbital path of the Comet Thatcher, bringing pieces of the comet into the upper atmosphere that light up the sky as they burn up. Lyrid meteors will streak in various directions, radiating from the constellation Lyra. Viewers don’t have to worry about finding the [constellation](http://time.com/4183652/david-bowie-honored-with-his-own-lightning-bolt-shaped-constellation/), though, as meteors will appear across the sky at random times. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] What's Up for April. The moon, Mars, and Saturn, and the [ UNKNOWN ] meteor shower. Hello and welcome, I'm Jane [ UNKNOWN ] from NASA's jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, California. You won't want to miss red Mars and golden Saturn in the south- southeast morning skies this month. Mars shine a little brighter than last month. By the seventh, the moon joins the pair. From a dark sky, you may see some glow from the nearby Milky Way. [ SOUND ] [ UNKNOWN ] start looking for [ UNKNOWN ] meteors which are active from April 14th through the 30th. They peak on the 22nd. In the early morning sky, a patient observer will see up to more than a dozen meteors per hour in this medium strength shower, with 18 meteors per hour calculated for the PEAK. US observers should see good rates on the nights before and after this peak. A bright first quarter moon plays havoc with sky conditions marring most of the typically faint Lyrid meteors, But Lyra will be high overhead after the moon sets at midnight, so that's the best time to look for Lyrids. Through a telescope, Jupiter's cloud belts and zones are easy to see. And watch the Great Red Spot transit or cross the visible Earth- facing disc of Jupiter every eight hours. The Juno spacecraft continues to orbit Jupiter and Juno's JunoCam Citizen Science Team is creatng exciting images of Jupiters features based on the latest spacecraft data. Next month, Jupiter is at opposition. When it rises at sunset, sets at sunrise and offers great views for several months. You can catch up with solar system missions to Jupiter like Juno and all of NASA's missions at www. nasa. gov, that's all for this month, I'm Jane Houston Johns. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5243520/lyrid-meteor-shower-2018-how-to-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5243520/lyrid-meteor-shower-2018-how-to-watch/"},"headline":"The Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Coming This Weekend. 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