Big Sur, California, USA

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Big Sur, California, USA

Meteor shower

Leonids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 5:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
68°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
9:21 PM
Highest around 9:30 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
9:29 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:45 AM

6:45 AM

6:18 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:58 PM

4:58 PM

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

4:20 PM Golden hour
4:58 PM Sunset
5:25 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

10% lit

3:29 AM – 2:56 PM

ESE WSW
3:29 AM Moonrise
3:50 AM 4°
9:13 AM Highest, 45°
2:36 PM 4°
2:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:18 AM–6:45 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:45 AM–7:23 AM
  • Moonset 2:57 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:20 PM–4:58 PM
  • Sunset 4:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:58 PM–5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 6:27 PM–5:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:27 PM–4:37 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, ENE to NE, 27 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:12 AM Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:44 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM 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 Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:37 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it