Can Phoenicids be seen in United States?
Washington, District of Columbia, capital of United States.
We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.
Phoenicids(PHO) meteor shower will be active from Saturday, November 28 2020 until Wednesday, December 9 2020. Its peak day is Wednesday, December 2 2020, according to information published by the International Meteor Organization. For more information, check out the meteor shower calendar 2020.
Position of Phoenicids
Phoenicids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=18°, delta=-53°.
The visibility of a meteor shower depends on several factors: geographic coordinates of observer and elevation, time of the day, city lights pollution, the weather and the terrain. For reference, we have calculated the position (elevation / azimuth) of Phoenicids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Wednesday, December 2 2020, for the following cities in United States.
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| 00:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | |||||||||||||
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| Washington, District of Columbia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seattle, Washington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Birmingham, Alabama | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4° | 178° | 0° | 196° |
| Anchorage, Alaska | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phoenix, Arizona | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3° | 172° | 2° | 190° |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0° | 166° | 2° | 184° |
| Los Angeles, California | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3° | 177° | 0° | 195° |
| Denver, Colorado | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dover, Delaware | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacksonville, Florida | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6° | 172° | 5° | 191° |
| Atlanta, Georgia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2° | 171° | 2° | 189° |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 6° | 206° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7° | 155° | 15° | 172° | 14° | 190° |
| Boise, Idaho | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago, Illinois | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Des Moines, Iowa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wichita, Kansas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Louisville, Kentucky | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1° | 159° | 7° | 176° | 4° | 194° |
| Augusta, Maine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baltimore, Maryland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston, Massachusetts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Detroit, Michigan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jackson, Mississippi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5° | 176° | 2° | 194° |
| Kansas City, Missouri | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Billings, Montana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Omaha, Nebraska | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1° | 179° | - | - |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newark, New Jersey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2° | 176° | - | - |
| New York, New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1° | 173° | 0° | 191° |
| Fargo, North Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Columbus, Ohio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1° | 172° | 0° | 190° |
| Portland, Oregon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Providence, Rhode Island | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Columbia, South Carolina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2° | 173° | 2° | 191° |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memphis, Tennessee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0° | 168° | 2° | 186° |
| Houston, Texas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7° | 173° | 6° | 191° |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montpelier, Vermont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0° | 176° | - | - |
| Charleston, West Virginia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheyenne, Wyoming | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The Sky and Stars in United States
The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Washington, District of Columbia, United States during its peak day starting at 00:00.
You may adjust the speed of the simulator backward or forward to see the movement of the radiant over the horizon.