In the Southern Hemisphere, the Moon looks upside down ... To get to most of the night, we need the Waxing Gibbous moon. This brings us to the Full Moon, two weeks after the New Moon, when the ...
While the moonlight may make the shooting stars hard to see, Geminid meteors are bright and may still be visible even when competing with a waxing gibbous moon. Related: A La Niña Winter Is on ...