--- description: The Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of Dec. 13 and the early morning hours of Dec. 14 title: Watch Live: The Geminid Meteor Shower Streaks Across the Sky image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: The Geminid Meteor Shower Streaks Across the Sky by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 13, 2016 2:35 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 13, 2016 2:35 PM CUT One of the year’s biggest meteor showers will streak across the sky starting Tuesday night, according to [NASA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5hys09/we%5Fare%5Fexperts%5Ffrom%5Fnasas%5Fmeteroid%5Fenvironment/ "undefined"). The [Geminid meteor shower](http://time.com/4146866/geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/ "undefined") will peak on the night of Dec. 13 and in the early morning hours of Dec. 14. This year, however, a super moon that will appear at the same time as the meteor shower may obstruct views of stars showering down because of its bright light, NASA said while introducing a [Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5hys09/we%5Fare%5Fexperts%5Ffrom%5Fnasas%5Fmeteroid%5Fenvironment/ "undefined") on the meteor shower. “The light from the full moon will unfortunately wash out a lot of the dimmer meteors,” an expert form NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office wrote. Watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4598333/geminid-meteor-shower-livestream-online-super-moon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4598333/geminid-meteor-shower-livestream-online-super-moon/"},"headline":"Watch Live: The Geminid Meteor Shower Streaks Across the Sky","datePublished":"2016-12-13T14:35:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:16:04.049Z","description":"A super moon may obstruct your view","url":"https://time.com/4598333/geminid-meteor-shower-livestream-online-super-moon/","keywords":["Space","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4598333/geminid-meteor-shower-livestream-online-super-moon/","name":"Watch Live: The Geminid Meteor Shower Streaks Across the Sky"}}]}] ```