Marseille, France

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Marseille, France

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 3:48 AM

Radiant climbs to
30°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 20 an hour

Best around 4:48 AM

Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

5:53 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
7:07 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:03 PM

9:03 PM

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

8:22 PM Golden hour
9:03 PM Sunset
9:36 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:03 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:03 PM to 1:43 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 18° above it
Highest at
11:03 PM
Sky fully dark
11:03 PM to 4:27 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning crescent

13% lit

2:24 AM – 6:56 PM

NE NW
2:24 AM Moonrise
2:52 AM 4°
10:40 AM Highest, 74°
6:28 PM 4°
6:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:25 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:53 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Sunrise 6:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:26 AM–7:07 AM
  • Moonset 6:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:22 PM–9:03 PM
  • Evening best color 8:38 PM
  • Sunset 9:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:03 PM–9:36 PM
  • Fully dark 11:03 PM–4:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:03 PM–3:33 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

Partial solar eclipse 72.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:03 AM New moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 11:00 PM to 4:30 AM Mon 2 Aug 2027 12:07 PM Perseids Around 88 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 5:01 AM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 8:38 PM in the ESE Tue 17 Aug 2027 8:38 PM Milky Way Visible 10:11 PM to 12:01 AM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 13 nights 24 Aug to 5 Sep
Wed 25 Aug 2027 10:11 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 10:00 PM to 5:20 AM Tue 31 Aug 2027 7:39 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 65.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 71% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 65.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:07 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 8.3% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:18 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 49.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:18 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it