Favorable Conditions for Meteor Viewing June 13-19 as New Moon Clears Evening Sky

Each year, the sky offers certain weeks as quiet invitations — moments when the moon withdraws its light and leaves the darkness to those willing to wait. This mid-June, centered on the new moon of the 15th, is one such week: the International Meteor Organization forecasts modest but steady meteor activity, with the Anthelion radiant and the Daytime Arietids both contributing to a sky best appreciated from dark, patient ground. The rewards are not spectacular by the standards of legend, but they are honest — a few streaks per hour, deliberate and real, asking only that we look up.