March has no major showers, but it does have a very minor shower, the Beta Leonids. The peak occurs on March 20 and it has a peak hourly rate of only 2 to 3. This shower will be washed out by the 64% illuminated Moon which rises about the time meteor observing would begin, so even the most devoted meteor shower observers will probably want to pass on the Beta Leonids in 2006.
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