Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, April 6, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA Monday 6 April 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 7:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:50 PM
Highest around 7:59 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

That morning

Sunrise

6:45 AM

6:45 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:19 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:33 PM

7:33 PM

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

6:59 PM Golden hour
7:33 PM Sunset
7:59 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

80% lit

12:33 AM – 9:46 AM

SE SW
12:33 AM Moonrise
12:58 AM 4°
5:09 AM Highest, 26°
9:21 AM 4°
9:46 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 6:19 AM–6:45 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:45 AM–7:19 AM
  • Moonset 9:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:59 PM–7:33 PM
  • Sunset 7:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:33 PM–7:59 PM
  • Fully dark 9:02 PM–5:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:02 PM–12:42 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 81 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:14 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to E, 18 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:39 AM Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Outer clouds at most, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 9:00 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM 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