The best time to view the Geminid meteor shower is around 2 a.m. local time when the shower's radiant is at its highest point in the sky. Moonlight may affect viewing potential this year.
To see the longest meteors, look away from the meteor shower's radiant. In this case, the radiant of the Leonids is the constellation Leo. A cloudless and smokeless sky is the No. 1 weather ...