Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, October 14, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:14 AM

7:14 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:19 AM, 65 min after sunrise

6:48 AM Blue hour
7:14 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:31 PM

6:31 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:36 PM, 55 min before sunset

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

5:57 PM Golden hour
6:31 PM Sunset
6:57 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:01 PM Dark enough
4:46 AM Best
5:01 AM Moonset
5:45 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
66°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
6% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Event

Indigenous Peoples' Day

US holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day in Big Sur - sunset at 6:31 PM

Evening from 6:31 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:31 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
91% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 6:01 PM

The second Monday of October honors the Native peoples of the Americas - the first peoples of this land, and their histories, cultures and nations, which continue today.

The federal holiday on that day is officially Columbus Day; many states, cities and tribal nations keep it as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, and a president first proclaimed it in 2021.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

89% lit

5:07 PM – 5:01 AM

E W
5:07 PM Moonrise
5:27 PM 4°
11:03 PM Highest, 49°
4:40 AM 4°
5:01 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:48 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:48 AM–7:14 AM
  • Sunrise 7:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:14 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:16 AM
  • Moonrise 5:07 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:57 PM–6:31 PM
  • Sunset 6:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:31 PM–6:57 PM
  • Fully dark 7:57 PM–5:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:07 AM–5:49 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Big Sur - sunset at 5:10 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:10 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to E, 40 deg up
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:39 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:39 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:39 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Marginal, look SSE
Wed 4 Nov 2026 5:14 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 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