Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, August 12, 2027

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Big Sur, California, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Around 81 an hour

Best around 4:46 AM

From 9:31 PM to 4:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:23 AM

6:23 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:23 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:01 PM

8:01 PM

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

7:26 PM Golden hour
8:01 PM Sunset
8:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

83% lit

5:24 PM – 2:51 AM

SE SW
5:24 PM Moonrise
5:49 PM 4°
10:08 PM Highest, 27°
2:27 AM 4°
2:51 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:56 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:23 AM
  • Morning best color 6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:23 AM–6:58 AM
  • Moonrise 5:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:26 PM–8:01 PM
  • Sunset 8:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:01 PM–8:29 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–4:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:57 AM–4:48 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 7:42 PM in the ESE Mon 16 Aug 2027 7:42 PM Milky Way Visible 9:16 PM to 12:06 AM with no moon, 24° above the southern horizon - 14 nights 23 Aug to 5 Sep
Wed 25 Aug 2027 9:16 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 9:10 PM to 5:00 AM Mon 30 Aug 2027 10:39 AM Full Harvest Moon Rises 6:59 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 6:59 PM Milky Way Visible 8:32 PM to 10:22 PM with no moon, 20° above the south-southwestern horizon - 12 nights 21 Sep to 2 Oct
Tue 21 Sep 2027 8:32 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 7:04 PM Wed 22 Sep 2027 11:01 PM 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