Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA
High 73°F, low 59°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 8:10 PM

The night8:10 PM – 5:39 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

7:08 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
83%
Wind
3 mph
6:42 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Best color
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:42 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

Bright pass, NW to ENE

Rose 5:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:58 AM
until 6:02 AM
Visible for
4m 10s
Highest
31° N
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Low

6:40 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Very Low by the people who watched it.

Cloud
6%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
93%
Wind
5 mph
6:06 PM Golden hour
6:40 PM Sunset
7:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

5:06 AM – 5:35 PM

E W
5:06 AM Moonrise
5:26 AM 4°
11:23 AM Highest, 55°
5:16 PM 4°
5:35 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 64°F Fog
100% dry 83% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 71°F Clear sky
18% dry 80% 9 mph
Evening 7 PM 63°F Clear sky
6% dry 93% 5 mph
Late Night 11 PM 60°F Fog
100% dry 100% 3 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:07 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:08 AM
  • Morning best color 7:05 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:42 AM
  • Moonset 5:35 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:06 PM–6:40 PM
  • Sunset 6:40 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:40 PM–7:06 PM
  • Fully dark 8:06 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:06 PM–5:44 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, ENE to NE, 27 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:12 AM Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 7:59 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