Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, October 9, 2023

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-4

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 12:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
12:43 AM
Highest around 12:46 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

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:15 AM, 66 min after sunrise

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:39 PM

6:39 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:48 PM, 51 min before sunset

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

6:05 PM Golden hour
6:39 PM Sunset
7:05 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Indigenous Peoples' Day

US holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day in Big Sur - sunset at 6:39 PM

Evening from 6:39 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:39 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
19% lit
Rises 3:19 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 6:09 PM

The second Monday of October honors the Native peoples of the Americas - the first peoples of this land, and their histories, cultures and nations, which continue today.

The federal holiday on that day is officially Columbus Day; many states, cities and tribal nations keep it as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, and a president first proclaimed it in 2021.

Moon

Waning crescent

21% lit

2:16 AM – 4:39 PM

ENE WNW
2:16 AM Moonrise
2:38 AM 4°
9:31 AM Highest, 73°
4:18 PM 4°
4:39 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:43 AM–7:09 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:10 AM
  • Moonset 4:40 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:05 PM–6:39 PM
  • Sunset 6:39 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:39 PM–7:05 PM
  • Fully dark 8:05 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:05 PM–3:25 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