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Geminid meteor shower
Fires when peak Dec 13-14; moon-phase check
Photograph ESO/G. Lombardi · CC BY 4.0
The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.
Next: Monday, December 14 — 56 days away, keyed to the shower's peak night
Dates worth protecting
- Mon, December 14, 2026in 8 weeks
- Tue, December 14, 2027book from Jan 14in 14 months
Florida State Parks opens this night for booking on Thursday, January 14, 2027 at 8am ET. Eleven months for Florida residents, ten if you are not one. New sites open daily at 8am ET.
Keyed to the shower's peak night. Moon dates come from a mean lunar month and can be a day out — check one before you commit a four-hour drive to it.
- Where
- Kissimmee Prairie / Colt Creek SP
- Drive
- 90 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- December
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- permit
From the field
Best Florida shower — high radiant, warm nights.