So my question was... Is the Moon oriented in such a way that the Perseids will indeed impact on a portion of the Moon that is; 1) facing Earth, and 2), on a portion that is not illuminated? [As opposed to if the Perseids approached us from a direction where they would impact the opposite side of the Moon that the Earth sees].

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In doing a 'quick' search on the Net I could not find the answer to this. But, I did find this animation...
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...which seems to show that the Perseids intersect the Earth's orbit at almost a 90 degree angle to the Earth's orbital plane - and from "above" the plane of the Earth's orbit (ie., roughly from the "North" direction).

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Thus, visualizing this, it seems the most likely situation is that any Perseid meteors will have the tendency to impact on the Moon's "northern half". Thus, the "dark" upper left corner of the 1st qtr Moon (oriented as seen just looking up at it) will have the most "chance" of "impacts". Note: This is a bit more than guesswork on my part.

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Moon - 45% illuminated - in Libra (roughly S of alpha Libra). Sets for me at 2:55UT on the 12th. Position on the 12th roughly 14h 35' -19.3 degrees. Will be low in the S to SW after sunset. Any observation needs a rather unobstructed view to the south and west.

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For me... NO chance to try to capture video from Home (due to TALL trees to the SW). I'd have to "go mobile" (maybe???)

Still, an interesting project. Thanks Lawrence.

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