Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA
High 68°F, low 56°F.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

7:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
71%
Wind
4 mph
6:36 AM Blue hour
6:59 AM Best color
7:02 AM Sunrise
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 23 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE

Rose 6:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Rising, then up to SE
When
6:21 AM
until 6:28 AM
Visible for
6m 10s
Highest
76° SE
Ends
Sets ENE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Very Low

6:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
100%
Wind
6 mph
6:16 PM Golden hour
6:50 PM Sunset
7:16 PM Blue hour ends

Satellite

International Space Station

Modest pass, WNW to SSE

Rose 7:25 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Rising, then up to SW
When
7:25 PM
until 7:31 PM
Visible for
5m 50s
Highest
29° SW
Ends
Sets SSE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:16 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:16 PM to 9:46 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 18° above it
Highest at
8:16 PM
Sky fully dark
8:16 PM to 5:38 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

Waning gibbous

70% lit

9:17 PM – 12:50 PM

ENE WNW
9:17 PM Moonrise
9:40 PM 4°
5:01 AM Highest, 81°
12:25 PM 4°
12:50 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 63°F Fog
100% dry 71% 4 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 67°F Partly cloudy
50% dry 79% 5 mph
Evening 7 PM 59°F Fog
100% dry 100% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:36 AM–7:02 AM
  • Morning best color 6:59 AM
  • Sunrise 7:02 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:02 AM–7:36 AM
  • Moonset 12:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:16 PM–6:50 PM
  • Sunset 6:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:50 PM–7:16 PM
  • Fully dark 8:16 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:16 PM–10:16 PM
  • Moonrise 10:13 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to N, 17 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 6:46 AM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:58 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:54 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Fair, look SSE
Fri 23 Oct 2026 10:29 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:49 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:49 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it