The moon provides additional light in the sky that can make meteor viewing more difficult. While meteors can be seen anywhere in the sky during the shower, the meteors are generally more easily viewed near the overhead point. With this shower, the greatest numbers are likely to be viewed in the early morning hours before dawn when the radiant point for the shower is high in the sky. When describing the positions of the planets with respect to the earth, there are several terms that are commonly used. When a planet is in the same direction in the sky as the sun, it is said to be in conjunction .
Conjunction is the worst time to try to see a planet in the sky.
For the planets Mercury and Venus, there are two possible conjunctions. Inferior conjunction occurs when the planet passes between the earth and sun. Superior conjunction occurs when the planet passes on the far side of the sun. The terms inferior and superior refer only to the relative distance from the earth. For the rest of the planets, there can only be one conjunction on the far side of the sun.