Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA Wednesday 2 September 2026 High 70°F, low 57°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-23

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 1:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
1:42 AM
Highest around 1:51 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

Low

6:39 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:13 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Sunrise
6:59 AM Best color
7:14 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 17 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

Low

7:33 PM

Very LowExcellent
6:59 PM Golden hour
7:33 PM Sunset
8:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

67% lit

9:51 PM – 12:37 PM

ENE WNW
9:51 PM Moonrise
10:13 PM 4°
5:09 AM Highest, 75°
12:14 PM 4°
12:37 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning
64°F
Partly cloudy 50% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
69°F
Mainly clear 26% clouds · no rain
Evening
65°F
Mainly clear 22% clouds · no rain

Moon, waning gibbous

9:51 PM Moonrise
10:13 PM 4°
5:09 AM Highest, 75°
12:14 PM 4°
12:37 PM Moonset

Sunrise

6:13 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Sunrise
6:59 AM Best color
7:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:59 PM Golden hour
7:33 PM Sunset
8:00 PM Blue hour ends
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Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:11 PM to 9:31 PM with no moon, 18° above the south-southwestern horizon - 9 nights 4 Oct to 12 Oct
Sun 4 Oct 2026 8:11 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Fair, look SSE
Mon 5 Oct 2026 1:17 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNW to ENE, 41 deg up
Mon 5 Oct 2026 5:42 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to ENE, 30 deg up
Tue 6 Oct 2026 6:18 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:10 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:10 PM to 5:40 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM

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