Marseille, France

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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Marseille, France Saturday 1 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 5:34 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
70% 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

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

5:56 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
7:09 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:01 PM

9:01 PM

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

8:20 PM Golden hour
9:01 PM Sunset
9:33 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

92% lit

10:21 PM – 10:23 AM

E W
10:21 PM Moonrise
10:42 PM 4°
4:20 AM Highest, 45°
10:01 AM 4°
10:23 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 5:56 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:12 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–7:09 AM
  • Moonset 9:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:20 PM–9:01 PM
  • Evening best color 8:38 PM
  • Sunset 9:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:01 PM–9:33 PM
  • Moonrise 10:21 PM
  • Fully dark 10:59 PM–4:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

Tiangong space station Bright pass, ESE to E, 36 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:45 AM Draconids Around 7 an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:38 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to ESE, 56 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:21 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:40 PM to 6:10 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:50 PM 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 Partial solar eclipse 72.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:03 AM

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