The bright moon will interfere with the 2023 Quadrantid meteor shower this year, limiting the shooting star display.
This sky map shows the location of the Quadrantid meteor shower radiant at its peak on Jan. 3, 2022.
Unfortunately, 2023 will not be a good year to look for the Quadrantid meteor shower. Chalk it up to poor timing. The peak of this year's shower according to Margaret Campbell-Brown and Peter Brown in the 2023 Observer's Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, is predicted for 10 p.m. EST on Jan. 3. But on Jan. 6, thewill light up the sky. That means that all through the overnight hours of Tuesday, Jan. 3, into Wednesday, Jan. 4, the sky will be lit up with brilliant moonlight; the bright waxing gibbous moon — 94% illuminated — won't set until the break of dawn.
That moonlight will squelch all but the very brightest of meteors. This particular meteor display is at its best just before the break of dawn – about 6 a.m. local time – when the radiant of this shower, from where the meteors appear to emanate is ascending the northeastern sky. If you do decide to head out to look for meteors, remember to bundle up! It is, after all, winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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