**Best time:** between 2 a.m. to dawn on August 12th. This is after the moon 'sets' so the sky will be darker!.......
Times listed are the times wherever you are. 2 a.m. Eastern Time is only 11 p.m. Pacific Time so it won't be dark enough there yet. 2 a.m. Eastern Time is 9 a.m. in Amsterdam and you won't be able to view it in the morning. You have to go out after the moon is gone........
The meteor shower can be viewed anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere and the shower happens around the same time every year........
