Marseille, France

Monday, August 3, 2026

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Marseille, France Monday 3 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 15 an hour

Best around 5:31 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
57% 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

6:30 AM

6:30 AM

5:58 AM Blue hour
6:30 AM Sunrise
7:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:58 PM

8:58 PM

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

8:18 PM Golden hour
8:58 PM Sunset
9:30 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

11:00 PM – 12:43 PM

E WNW
11:00 PM Moonrise
11:22 PM 4°
5:47 AM Highest, 57°
12:20 PM 4°
12:43 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:58 AM–6:30 AM
  • Morning best color 6:14 AM
  • Sunrise 6:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:30 AM–7:11 AM
  • Moonset 11:32 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:18 PM–8:58 PM
  • Evening best color 8:36 PM
  • Sunset 8:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:58 PM–9:30 PM
  • Fully dark 10:55 PM–4:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:55 PM–11:05 PM
  • Moonrise 11:00 PM
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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
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