Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, August 11, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Around 26 an hour

Best around 4:47 AM

The night9:32 PM – 4:53 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
70% lost
Speed
59 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, as does rain on the radar now.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:22 AM

6:22 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:22 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:26 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

93% lit

9:32 PM – 10:00 AM

E W
9:32 PM Moonrise
9:51 PM 4°
3:44 AM Highest, 55°
9:40 AM 4°
10:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 6:12 AM
  • Sunrise 6:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:22 AM–6:58 AM
  • Moonset 8:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:26 PM–8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:29 PM
  • Moonrise 9:32 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–4:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to N, 12 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:03 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:54 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, S to SE, 16 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:19 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Fair, look SSE
Fri 23 Oct 2026 10:29 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:49 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:49 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Fair, look SSE
Tue 27 Oct 2026 9:31 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