Big Sur, California, USA

Friday, August 11, 2028

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Big Sur, California, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 4:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:31 PM Dark enough
10:54 PM Moonrise
4:01 AM Best
4:53 AM Too light
Estimate
~41/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
54°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
48% lost
Speed
59 km/s

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:22 AM

6:22 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:53 AM, 91 min after sunrise

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:22 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:01 PM

8:01 PM

Behind the hills at 7:44 PM, 17 min before sunset

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

Waning gibbous

67% lit

10:23 PM – 12:19 PM

ENE WNW
10:23 PM Moonrise
10:44 PM 4°
5:19 AM Highest, 69°
11:58 AM 4°
12:19 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 6:20 AM
  • Sunrise 6:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:22 AM–6:58 AM
  • Moonset 12:20 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 9:37 PM–10:57 PM
  • Moonrise 10:54 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

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 Partial solar eclipse 7.2% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:05 PM Partial solar eclipse 88.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:17 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it