Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA Tuesday 7 April 2026

Rocket launch

Minotaur IV | STP-S29A

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
4:33 AM
Highest around 4:42 AM
Distance
134 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:44 AM

6:44 AM

6:18 AM Blue hour
6:44 AM Sunrise
7:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:34 PM

7:34 PM

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

7:00 PM Golden hour
7:34 PM Sunset
8:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

1:26 AM – 10:38 AM

SE SW
1:26 AM Moonrise
1:51 AM 4°
6:02 AM Highest, 26°
10:13 AM 4°
10:38 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:18 AM–6:44 AM
  • Morning best color 6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:44 AM–7:18 AM
  • Moonset 9:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:00 PM–7:34 PM
  • Sunset 7:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:34 PM–8:00 PM
  • Fully dark 9:03 PM–5:13 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:03 PM–1:33 AM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, Apr 8

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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
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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
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Sun 2 Sep 2035 7:33 PM Total lunar eclipse 45% of it above your horizon
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