Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, September 12, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:48 AM

6:48 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:14 AM, 86 min after sunrise

6:22 AM Blue hour
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:18 PM

7:18 PM

Behind the mountains at 6:38 PM, 40 min before sunset

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

6:44 PM Golden hour
7:18 PM Sunset
7:44 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
6:45 PM
Highest around 6:48 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

66% lit

4:01 PM – 1:19 AM

SE SW
4:01 PM Moonrise
4:26 PM 4°
8:40 PM Highest, 26°
12:53 AM 4°
1:19 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:22 AM–6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:21 AM
  • Morning best color 6:48 AM
  • Moonrise 4:01 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:44 PM–7:18 PM
  • Sunset 7:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:18 PM–7:44 PM
  • Fully dark 8:45 PM–5:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:25 AM–5:21 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 84 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:16 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:38 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:38 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Long shot, look SSE
Fri 6 Nov 2026 4:46 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 54.1% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 48% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:27 PM Partial solar eclipse 34.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 3.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 7:33 PM Total lunar eclipse 45% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.2% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:05 PM Partial solar eclipse 88.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:17 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it