Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:51 AM

5:51 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:24 AM, 93 min after sunrise

5:22 AM Blue hour
5:51 AM Sunrise
6:29 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:17 PM

8:17 PM

Behind the hills at 8:05 PM, 12 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

7:40 PM Golden hour
8:17 PM Sunset
8:47 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-10

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 11:02 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
11:02 PM
Highest around 11:05 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

79% lit

3:54 PM – 3:34 AM

E WSW
3:54 PM Moonrise
4:14 PM 4°
9:45 PM Highest, 47°
3:14 AM 4°
3:34 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:22 AM–5:51 AM
  • Sunrise 5:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:51 AM–6:29 AM
  • Morning best color 5:52 AM
  • Moonrise 3:54 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:40 PM–8:17 PM
  • Evening best color 7:44 PM
  • Sunset 8:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:17 PM–8:47 PM
  • Fully dark 10:04 PM–4:04 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:44 AM–4:04 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Leonids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:29 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NW to N, 12 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:06 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:28 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 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