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Ephemeris: 11/14/2025 – The Leonid meteor shower peaks Monday morning

November 14, 2025

This is Ephemeris for Friday, November 14th. Today the Sun will be up for 9 hours and 36 minutes, setting at 5:15, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:40. The Moon, 2 days past last quarter, will rise at 3:02 tomorrow morning.

This coming Monday morning after midnight we’ll see the peak of the Leonid meteor shower. It is called the Leonids because the meteors appear to come from the head of Leo the lion, which will rise about midnight. This meteor shower is mediocre most years. However, every 33 or so years it can be spectacular with thousands of meteors per hour appearing in the sky for a short time. The meteoroid particles that produce the shower come from the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle which comes into the vicinity of the Sun in the inner solar system every approximately 33 years. The next peak year is predicted to be 2031, though it is expected to be not as active as recent peak years.

The astronomical event times given in this blog are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (Lat 44.7° N, Long 85.7° W; EDT, UT – 4 hours) unless stated otherwise. Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

The dome of the sky at 5 AM showing the Leonid Radiant at the head of Leo the lion.
The dome of the sky at 5 AM Monday November 17, 2025, showing the Leonid Radiant at the head of Leo the lion. It is marked with the tag LeoR. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using my Looking Up app.
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