Under a moonless dark sky away from light pollution, the Perseids can produce up to 75 meteors per hour on the peak night — more than one meteor per minute. This year, an 84%-lit moon will rise shortly after it gets dark on Aug.

The highly anticipated Perseid meteor shower of 2025 is expected to disappoint skywatchers due to an unlikely celestial culprit: the near-full Sturgeon Moon. According to the American Meteor Society (AMS),