Marseille, France

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Marseille, France
High 69°F, low 59°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

Around 7 an hour

Best around 8:38 PM

The night8:38 PM – 6:15 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

7:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
99%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
82%
Wind
8 mph
7:15 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Best color
7:43 AM Sunrise
8:22 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 37 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, ESE to E

Rose 5:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Rising, then up to ESE
When
5:45 AM
until 5:47 AM
Visible for
2m 0s
Highest
36° ESE
Ends
Sets E

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Fair

7:07 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
16%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
72%
Wind
21 mph
6:29 PM Golden hour
6:41 PM Best color
7:07 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 37 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

6% lit

5:10 AM – 5:59 PM

E W
5:10 AM Moonrise
5:32 AM 4°
11:37 AM Highest, 50°
5:37 PM 4°
5:59 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 68°F Overcast
99% dry 82% 8 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 67°F Overcast
100% dry 61% 17 mph
Evening 7 PM 61°F Clear sky
16% dry 72% 21 mph
Late Night 11 PM 59°F Clear sky
0% dry 61% 24 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:15 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:26 AM
  • Sunrise 7:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:43 AM–8:22 AM
  • Moonset 5:59 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:29 PM–7:07 PM
  • Evening best color 6:41 PM
  • Sunset 7:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:07 PM–7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:42 PM–6:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:42 PM–6:10 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

International Space Station Modest pass, ESE to ENE, 29 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 5:42 AM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 8:22 PM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:18 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:57 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:57 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:56 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Partial solar eclipse 72.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:03 AM 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