Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, March 4, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:32 AM

6:32 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:38 AM, 66 min after sunrise

6:06 AM Blue hour
6:32 AM Sunrise
7:06 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 10

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 2:05 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
2:05 PM
Highest around 2:08 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
2:12 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward SSE

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

Sunset

6:05 PM

6:05 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:14 PM, 51 min before sunset

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

5:30 PM Golden hour
6:05 PM Sunset
6:30 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

37% lit

3:22 AM – 12:38 PM

SE SW
3:22 AM Moonrise
3:47 AM 4°
8:00 AM Highest, 26°
12:13 PM 4°
12:38 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:06 AM–6:32 AM
  • Sunrise 6:32 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:32 AM–7:06 AM
  • Morning best color 6:33 AM
  • Moonset 11:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:30 PM–6:05 PM
  • Sunset 6:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:05 PM–6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:30 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:30 PM–3:30 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 67 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:01 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 16 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Marginal, look SSE
Sat 14 Nov 2026 7:55 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