Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 1:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
1:00 AM
Highest around 1:02 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

5:55 AM

5:55 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:30 AM, 95 min after sunrise

5:26 AM Blue hour
5:55 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:12 PM

8:12 PM

Behind the hills at 8:09 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

7:35 PM Golden hour
8:12 PM Sunset
8:41 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 7:50 PM in the ESE

7:50 PM – 5:39 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE SW
7:50 PM Moonrise
8:13 PM 4°
12:44 AM Highest, 30°
5:16 AM 4°
5:39 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:50 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
6:59 AM
Distance
242,632 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:26 AM–5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 5:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:55 AM–6:32 AM
  • Morning best color 5:56 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:35 PM–8:12 PM
  • Moonrise 7:50 PM
  • Sunset 8:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:12 PM–8:41 PM
  • Fully dark 9:57 PM–4:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 10 Nov 2026 6:32 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 10 Nov 2026 6:32 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:02 PM
Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:02 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627 Marginal, look SSE
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:35 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NW, 37 deg up
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:31 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