Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-45

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:30 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 8:33 PM–8:39 PM, SSE about 14° up

Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
8:30 PM
Highest around 8:39 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:50 AM

5:50 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:50 AM Sunrise
6:29 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:28 PM

8:28 PM

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

7:50 PM Golden hour
8:28 PM Sunset
8:59 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 2:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:29 AM to 4:00 AM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 20° above it
Highest at
2:29 AM
Sky fully dark
10:19 PM to 4:00 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

77% lit

4:10 PM – 2:26 AM

ESE WSW
4:10 PM Moonrise
4:32 PM 4°
9:18 PM Highest, 34°
2:04 AM 4°
2:26 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:20 AM–5:50 AM
  • Morning best color 5:40 AM
  • Sunrise 5:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:50 AM–6:29 AM
  • Moonrise 4:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:50 PM–8:28 PM
  • Sunset 8:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:28 PM–8:59 PM
  • Fully dark 10:19 PM–4:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:29 AM–4:00 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Orionids Active, around 14 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:53 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to SSW, 46 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:55 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Fair, look SSE
Sat 24 Oct 2026 10:14 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:49 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:49 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Fair, look SSE
Tue 27 Oct 2026 9:31 PM Halloween Halloween night in Big Sur - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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