Marseille, France

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Marseille, France Tuesday 4 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 20 an hour

Best around 5:30 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
49% 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

6:31 AM

6:31 AM

5:59 AM Blue hour
6:31 AM Sunrise
7:12 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:57 PM

8:57 PM

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

8:17 PM Golden hour
8:57 PM Sunset
9:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

68% 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 5:59 AM–6:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:15 AM
  • Sunrise 6:31 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:31 AM–7:12 AM
  • Moonset 12:43 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:17 PM–8:57 PM
  • Evening best color 8:34 PM
  • Sunset 8:57 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:57 PM–9:29 PM
  • Fully dark 10:53 PM–4:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:53 PM–11:23 PM
  • Moonrise 11:23 PM
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