Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, November 18, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:48 AM

6:48 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:36 AM, 48 min after sunrise

6:20 AM Blue hour
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:56 PM

4:56 PM

Behind the mountains at 3:30 PM, 86 min before sunset

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

4:18 PM Golden hour
4:56 PM Sunset
5:24 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:26 PM Dark enough
7:30 PM Moonrise
12:26 AM Best
5:19 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
78°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
68% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waning gibbous

89% lit

7:30 PM – 11:04 AM

ENE WNW
7:30 PM Moonrise
7:54 PM 4°
3:19 AM Highest, 81°
10:41 AM 4°
11:04 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:20 AM–6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Moonset 10:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:18 PM–4:56 PM
  • Sunset 4:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:56 PM–5:24 PM
  • Fully dark 6:26 PM–5:19 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:26 PM–7:36 PM
  • Moonrise 7:30 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 7 Nov 2026 6:35 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 7 Nov 2026 6:35 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM International Space Station Bright pass, SW to SSW, 37 deg up
Mon 9 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627 Marginal, look SSE
Mon 9 Nov 2026 7:03 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:02 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:02 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