Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA Thursday 7 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 10 an hour

Best around 5:18 AM

Radiant climbs to
31°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
37% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:07 AM

6:07 AM

5:39 AM Blue hour
6:07 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:00 PM

8:00 PM

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

7:24 PM Golden hour
8:00 PM Sunset
8:28 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

70% lit

1:29 AM – 11:27 AM

ESE WSW
1:29 AM Moonrise
1:52 AM 4°
6:28 AM Highest, 32°
11:04 AM 4°
11:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:52 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:39 AM–6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:07 AM–6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 6:26 AM
  • Moonset 10:26 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:24 PM–8:00 PM
  • Sunset 8:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:00 PM–8:28 PM
  • Fully dark 9:38 PM–4:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:38 PM–1:28 AM
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Next day → Friday Fri, May 8

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:06 PM to 9:16 PM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 5 nights 8 Oct to 12 Oct
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:06 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to E, 50 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:34 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Marginal, look SSE
Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:29 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, N to E, 37 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:38 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:10 PM to 5:40 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Tropical Storm Rachel Outer clouds at most, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 7:35 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

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