Big Sur, California, USA

Sunday, November 23, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-30

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 12:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
12:48 AM
Highest around 12:57 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:52 AM

6:52 AM

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:52 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:54 PM

4:54 PM

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

4:16 PM Golden hour
4:54 PM Sunset
5:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

11% lit

10:09 AM – 7:29 PM

SE SW
10:09 AM Moonrise
10:34 AM 4°
2:49 PM Highest, 26°
7:05 PM 4°
7:29 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:25 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Sunrise 6:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:52 AM–7:31 AM
  • Moonrise 10:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:16 PM–4:54 PM
  • Sunset 4:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:54 PM–5:22 PM
  • Fully dark 6:24 PM–5:23 AM
  • Moonset 7:30 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:34 PM–5:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, ENE to NE, 28 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