Marseille, France

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Marseille, France Wednesday 6 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 4:45 AM

Radiant climbs to
16°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
29% lost
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:24 AM

6:24 AM

5:53 AM Blue hour
6:24 AM Sunrise
7:05 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:45 PM

8:45 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

8:05 PM Golden hour
8:45 PM Sunset
9:17 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

1:36 AM – 10:09 AM

SE SW
1:36 AM Moonrise
2:04 AM 4°
5:52 AM Highest, 20°
9:41 AM 4°
10:09 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:53 AM–6:24 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Sunrise 6:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:24 AM–7:05 AM
  • Moonset 9:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:05 PM–8:45 PM
  • Evening best color 8:21 PM
  • Sunset 8:45 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:45 PM–9:17 PM
  • Fully dark 10:40 PM–4:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:40 PM–1:40 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

Tiangong space station Bright pass, SSE to ESE, 37 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:01 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SW to SSE, 23 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 6:37 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:03 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 4:57 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:57 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 1:11 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Partial solar eclipse 72.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:03 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 65.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 71% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 65.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:07 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 8.3% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:18 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 49.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:18 PM

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