Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:23 AM, 94 min after sunrise

5:19 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:27 PM

8:27 PM

Behind the hills at 8:10 PM, 17 min before sunset

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

7:49 PM Golden hour
8:27 PM Sunset
8:57 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-1

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 8:40 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 8:43 PM–8:47 PM, SE about 13° up

Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
8:40 PM
Highest around 8:43 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

89% lit

5:36 PM – 3:36 AM

ESE WSW
5:36 PM Moonrise
5:59 PM 4°
10:36 PM Highest, 32°
3:13 AM 4°
3:36 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:04 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:19 AM–5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 5:50 AM
  • Moonrise 5:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:49 PM–8:27 PM
  • Sunset 8:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:27 PM–8:57 PM
  • Fully dark 10:18 PM–3:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:38 AM–3:59 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to E, 33 deg up
Tue 10 Nov 2026 6:00 PM 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 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