The Lyrids meteor shower is usually seen from the Earth in the month of:

The Lyrids meteor shower is active every year from about mid-April to late April, with its peak usually around 21 to 23 April.

What a meteor shower is:

• A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through a stream of dust and small rocky particles left behind by a comet.
• When these particles enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they burn up because of friction with the air, producing streaks of light called meteors or "shooting stars".
• Because the particles all travel in parallel paths, the meteors appear to come from a single point in the sky, called the radiant.
• Showers are named after the constellation in which the radiant lies.

About the Lyrids:

• The radiant of the Lyrids lies in the constellation Lyra, near the bright star Vega.
• The shower is caused by debris from Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, a long-period comet that orbits the Sun about once every 415 years.
• At its peak, the Lyrids usually produce about 10 to 20 meteors per hour, though occasional outbursts have produced many more.
• It is one of the oldest recorded meteor showers; Chinese records describe it about 2,700 years ago, in 687 BCE.
• The Lyrids are known for producing occasional bright fireballs.

Other major annual meteor showers:

• Quadrantids: early January.
• Eta Aquariids: May, linked with Halley's Comet.
• Perseids: mid-August, from Comet Swift-Tuttle; one of the most popular showers.
• Orionids: October, also linked with Halley's Comet.
• Leonids: November, from Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
• Geminids: mid-December, from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon; often the strongest shower of the year.

Best way to watch:

• Meteor showers are best seen from dark places away from city lights, after midnight, without a bright Moon in the sky.
• No telescope is needed; the naked eye is best.

Why not the other options?

• ✗January is the month of the Quadrantids.
• ✗August is the month of the Perseids.
• ✗December is the month of the Geminids.