Big Sur, California, USA

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-57

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 11:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
11:49 PM
Highest around 11:51 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
11:56 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward SSE

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Equinox or solstice

Spring equinox

The moment itself, 2:01 AM

Sunrise
7:09 AM, E (90°)
Sunset
7:19 PM, W (270°)
Daylight
12h 09m

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:19 PM

7:19 PM

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

6:45 PM Golden hour
7:19 PM Sunset
7:44 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

66% lit

1:51 AM – 11:02 AM

SE SW
1:51 AM Moonrise
2:16 AM 4°
6:26 AM Highest, 25°
10:37 AM 4°
11:02 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:44 AM–7:09 AM
  • Morning best color 7:05 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:43 AM
  • Moonset 10:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:45 PM–7:19 PM
  • Sunset 7:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:19 PM–7:44 PM
  • Fully dark 8:45 PM–5:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:45 PM–1:55 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to N, 31 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:47 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to NNE, 10 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:13 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Marginal, look SSE
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:56 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