Marseille, France

Sunday, August 2, 2026

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Marseille, France Sunday 2 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 11 an hour

Best around 5:32 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
64% 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

6:29 AM

6:29 AM

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:29 AM Sunrise
7:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:59 PM

8:59 PM

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

8:19 PM Golden hour
8:59 PM Sunset
9:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

86% lit

10:40 PM – 11:32 AM

E W
10:40 PM Moonrise
11:01 PM 4°
5:03 AM Highest, 51°
11:09 AM 4°
11:32 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 5:57 AM–6:29 AM
  • Morning best color 6:13 AM
  • Sunrise 6:29 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:29 AM–7:10 AM
  • Moonset 10:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:19 PM–8:59 PM
  • Evening best color 8:37 PM
  • Sunset 8:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:59 PM–9:32 PM
  • Moonrise 10:40 PM
  • Fully dark 10:57 PM–4:33 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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