"Getting away from city light pollution and allowing your eyes to adjust to the darker conditions for 15-20 mins will help increase your sensitivity," Tyler says, adding that you don't need a telescope to see them. "A telescope would actually narrow your field of view too much and probably cause you to miss out on a bunch of bright meteors which, while coming from a predictable direction, will still be scattered in their arrival." He also says to be patient. "Get a nice little blanket, maybe a speaker and some hot cocoa and enjoy checking out some billions of year-old space rocks burning up in our nice cozy atmosphere," Tyler says. If you have a clear sky, you will also be able to see bright meteors "by facing a direction with the moon at your back," ." Next year will be better If you don't see as many Geminids as you'd hoped — or any at all — you'll have a better chance to see them in December 2025, according to NASA. The full moon that month will occur on Dec. 4, 2025, earlier than when the Geminids are expected to peak mid-December and when the moon will be waning and not as bright. As for this year, there's one more meteor shower: the Ursids, which will peak between Dec. 21, the day of the winter solstice, and the early morning hours of Dec. 22. But the light from the moon, which will be waning, will also spoil this meteor shower, which normally gives stargazers a chance to see at least 5 to 10 meteors per hour. This also is a good time to see some planets in our solar system, including Mars, which is getting closer to Earth each night and will become a little bit brighter each night with its reddish, yellow glow, Tyler says. , Bottom line: The 2025 Geminid meteor shower peaks in a dark sky overnight on December 13-14. It’s one of the best meteor showers of the year and you can watch for them all night., The Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec. 14. Our guide tells you where and how to see them..