Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, December 1, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-10

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
9:28 PM
Highest around 9:37 PM
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

7:00 AM

7:00 AM

6:32 AM Blue hour
7:00 AM Sunrise
7:39 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:52 PM

4:52 PM

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:52 PM Sunset
5:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

86% lit

2:18 PM – 4:20 AM

ENE WNW
2:18 PM Moonrise
2:38 PM 4°
9:14 PM Highest, 69°
3:59 AM 4°
4:20 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:06 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–7:00 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 7:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:00 AM–7:39 AM
  • Moonrise 2:18 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:52 PM–5:20 PM
  • Fully dark 6:23 PM–5:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:23 AM–5:30 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:31 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