Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, November 23, 2028

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:38 AM, 45 min after sunrise

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:54 PM

4:54 PM

Behind the mountains at 3:27 PM, 87 min before sunset

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

4:16 PM Golden hour
4:54 PM Sunset
5:22 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:24 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:24 PM Dark enough
12:00 AM Moonset
12:24 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
78°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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 second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Event

Thanksgiving

US holiday

Thanksgiving in Big Sur - sunset at 4:54 PM

Evening from 4:54 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:54 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
50% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 4:24 PM

Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is a day of giving thanks for the harvest and the year, kept with a family meal - turkey, stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It recalls the harvest feast the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony shared with the Wampanoag in 1621.

Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863, and since 1941 it has been the fourth Thursday.

Moon

First quarter

48% lit

12:22 PM – 12:00 AM

ESE W
12:22 PM Moonrise
12:41 PM 4°
6:10 PM Highest, 47°
11:40 PM 4°
12:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:25 AM–6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Moonrise 12:22 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:16 PM–4:54 PM
  • Sunset 4:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:54 PM–5:22 PM
  • Fully dark 6:24 PM–5:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:04 AM–5:23 AM

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