Marseille, France

Friday, July 31, 2026

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Marseille, France Friday 31 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 10 an hour

Best around 5:35 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
60% lost
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:08 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:02 PM

9:02 PM

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

8:21 PM Golden hour
9:02 PM Sunset
9:34 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

97% lit

10:01 PM – 9:16 AM

ESE WSW
10:01 PM Moonrise
10:23 PM 4°
3:37 AM Highest, 38°
8:53 AM 4°
9:16 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:08 AM
  • Moonset 8:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:21 PM–9:02 PM
  • Evening best color 8:39 PM
  • Sunset 9:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:02 PM–9:34 PM
  • Moonrise 10:01 PM
  • Fully dark 11:01 PM–4:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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