Best-of-summer meteor shower eclipsed by supermoon

By Seth Borenstein

Published August 12, 2014 7:15pm ET

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Best-of-summer meteor shower eclipsed by supermoon — The supermoon appears yellow as the sky darkens over Edgartown, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. President Barack Obama and his family are vacationing on the island. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

WASHINGTON (AP) — The annual best-of-summer meteor shower peaks late Tuesday and into the wee hours Wednesday morning.

But don’t expect to be too wowed.

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