Marseille, France

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Marseille, France Wednesday 5 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 27 an hour

Best around 5:44 AM

Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
40% 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

6:32 AM

6:32 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:32 AM Sunrise
7:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:56 PM

8:56 PM

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

8:15 PM Golden hour
8:56 PM Sunset
9:28 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

58% lit

11:22 PM – 1:57 PM

ENE WNW
11:22 PM Moonrise
11:45 PM 4°
6:34 AM Highest, 63°
1:32 PM 4°
1:57 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 6:01 AM–6:32 AM
  • Morning best color 6:16 AM
  • Sunrise 6:32 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:32 AM–7:13 AM
  • Moonset 1:57 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:15 PM–8:56 PM
  • Evening best color 8:33 PM
  • Sunset 8:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:56 PM–9:28 PM
  • Fully dark 10:51 PM–4:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:51 PM–11:51 PM
  • Moonrise 11:50 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

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Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:38 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to ESE, 55 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
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