(CNN) — It’s finally time to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year: the brilliant display known as the Perseids.

The Perseid meteor shower, which is known for producing dozens of bright meteors that leave long streaks in their wake, is set to peak at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday.

In previous years, it produced around 40 to 50 visible meteors per hour, but sky-gazers likely won’t see as many this year, said Bill Cooke, the lead for NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office. This is due to the fact that the Perseid shower is occurring shortly after August’s full moon .

The moon will be in a waning gibbous phase and at around 85% illumination, which means the light from the moon will make meteor-spotting more difficult. According to experts, you may see around 10 to 20 meteors per hour.

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