Twin meteor showers peak on one night under a bright Buck Moon

Two meteor showers, the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, peak on the night of July 30–31, but a 98% full Buck Moon will wash out many faint meteors; expected counts are about 25 Delta Aquariids under dark skies and roughly 5 Alpha Capricornids per hour, with the latter known for bright fireballs. For best viewing, watch around midnight to dawn with the Aquarius radiant high in the southern sky, especially for observers in the southern U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean. If you miss it, August offers another chance with the Perseids peaking Aug 12–13 (near a new moon), which also coincides with a total solar eclipse visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland and Spain (partial in Canada and the northeastern U.S.).