I excluded most low-yield showers, below 20 per hour (ZHR). I kept the Leonids in, as they sometimes exhibit outbursts. And I included the North Taurids due to the near-perfect timing with the new Moon phase.
The "new" and "full" columns refer to the Moon phase at the time of the meteor shower peak.
| name | start | peak | end | ZHR | new | full | at peak | rating |
| Quarantids | Jan 1 | Jan 4 | Jan 5 | 100 | Jan 21 | Jan 6 | waxing gibbous | bad |
| Lyrids (April) | Apr 19 | Apr 22 | Apr 24 | 20 | Apr 20 | Apr 6 | waxing crescent | good |
| η Aquarids | May 1 | May 5 | May 8 | 60 | May 19 | May 5 | full Moon | bad |
| δ Aquarids | Jul 15 | Jul 29 | Aug 15 | 30 | Jul 17 | Jul 3 | waxing gibbous | bad |
| Perseids | Jul 25 | Aug 12 | Aug 18 | 80 | Aug 16 | Aug 1 | waning crescent | good |
| Orionids | Oct 16 | Oct 21 | Oct 27 | 25 | Oct 14 | Oct 28 | first quarter | good |
| N. Taurids | Oct 17 | Nov 12 | Dec 5 | 15 | Nov 13 | Nov 27 | new Moon! | good |
| Leonids | Nov 14 | Nov 17 | Nov 20 | 15- 100 | Nov 13 | Nov 27 | waxing crescent | fair |
| α Monocerotids | Nov 21 | 20 | Nov 13 | No 27 | first quarter | fair | ||
| Phoenicids | | Dec 5 | | 25 | Dec 12 | Dec 27 | third quarter | bad |
| Geminids | Dec 7 | Dec 13 | Dec 15 | 120 | Dec 12 | Dec 27 | waning crescent | good |
Happily, the Perseids for 2023 won't be washed out!
And the end of the year looks promising for the Geminids.
Too bad about Quadrantids...
I hope this outlook is useful. The media tends to blow things out of proportion...
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Changed my rating for the Orionids from fair to good. The Moon sets around 11:00 PM and in general the best viewing is after midnight. Orion will be rising high around that time in a now Moonless sky.
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