Australia, we are in luck. The Geminid meteor shower is making its annual appearance in our skies, and all 41+ meteors an hour (if you're lucky enough to be in the Top End) will be brighter than ever, thanks to the moon taking a hike for the event. Tonight marks the "peak" of the shower - here's how you can watch here in Australia.

"With August's Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year," said Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "The thin, waning crescent Moon won't spoil the show."

The shower will last a total of three days, rising and then building to a peak. They rose last night, but the peak lasts for a little over a day before declining in meteor numbers for the rest of the shower.

These were the Geminids rising times for major cities across the country:

• Perth 8pm 11 meteors/hr
• Darwin 9:30pm 16 meteors/hr
• Brisbane 10pm 11 meteors/hr
• Adelaide 10:30pm 9 meteors/hr
• Sydney 11pm 9 meteors/hr
• Canberra 11pm 9 meteors/hr
• Melbourne 11pm 8 meteors/hr
• Hobart 11pm 6 meteors/hr