Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, December 28, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:49 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:00 PM

5:00 PM

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

4:20 PM Golden hour
5:00 PM Sunset
5:29 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-3

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:58 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
5:58 PM
Highest around 6:01 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Moon

Waning crescent

5% lit

5:30 AM – 2:54 PM

SE SW
5:30 AM Moonrise
5:54 AM 4°
10:12 AM Highest, 27°
2:29 PM 4°
2:54 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:49 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 7:15 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–7:57 AM
  • Moonset 2:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:20 PM–5:00 PM
  • Sunset 5:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:00 PM–5:29 PM
  • Fully dark 6:32 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:32 PM–5:45 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:04 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Halloween Halloween night in Big Sur - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Big Sur - sunset at 5:11 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:11 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