Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, September 25, 2023

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-3

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 1:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
1:48 AM
Highest around 1:51 AM
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:57 AM

6:57 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:16 AM, 79 min after sunrise

6:32 AM Blue hour
6:57 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

Behind the mountains at 6:11 PM, 49 min before sunset

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

6:26 PM Golden hour
7:00 PM Sunset
7:25 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

82% lit

5:11 PM – 3:30 AM

ESE WSW
5:11 PM Moonrise
5:34 PM 4°
10:20 PM Highest, 34°
3:07 AM 4°
3:30 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:13 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 6:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:57 AM–7:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:58 AM
  • Moonrise 5:11 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:26 PM–7:00 PM
  • Sunset 7:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:00 PM–7:25 PM
  • Fully dark 8:25 PM–5:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:35 AM–5:32 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 16 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM 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 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