Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, August 16, 2027

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

5:58 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
7:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:56 PM

7:56 PM

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

7:21 PM Golden hour
7:56 PM Sunset
8:24 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 32 an hour

Best around 4:56 AM

The night9:26 PM – 4:57 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
40% lost
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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

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

Full moon

Full Sturgeon Moon

Rises 7:42 PM in the ESE

7:42 PM – 6:46 AM

Named for the lake sturgeon most easily caught in the Great Lakes in late summer.

ESE WSW
7:42 PM Moonrise
8:02 PM 4°
1:14 AM Highest, 42°
6:26 AM 4°
6:46 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:42 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
12:32 AM
Distance
251,446 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:48 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:58 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:23 AM
  • Sunrise 6:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:26 AM–7:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:21 PM–7:56 PM
  • Moonrise 7:42 PM
  • Sunset 7:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:56 PM–8:24 PM
  • Fully dark 9:31 PM–4:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:20 PM to 5:30 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 7:33 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