Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, September 2, 2023

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:39 AM

6:39 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:07 AM, 88 min after sunrise

6:13 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Sunrise
7:13 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 0B

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:25 AM
Highest around 7:28 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
7:32 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward SSE

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:34 PM

7:34 PM

Behind the mountains at 6:53 PM, 41 min before sunset

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

6:59 PM Golden hour, best color
7:34 PM Sunset
8:00 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 53 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning gibbous

89% lit

9:20 PM – 10:50 AM

E WNW
9:20 PM Moonrise
9:40 PM 4°
4:02 AM Highest, 65°
10:29 AM 4°
10:50 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 6:13 AM–6:39 AM
  • Sunrise 6:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:39 AM–7:13 AM
  • Morning best color 6:40 AM
  • Moonset 9:40 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:59 PM–7:34 PM
  • Sunset 7:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:34 PM–8:00 PM
  • Fully dark 9:03 PM–5:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:03 PM–9:23 PM
  • Moonrise 9:21 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:30 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:30 PM International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNE, 24 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:03 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 Leonids Around 11 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