Big Sur, California, USA

Sunday, October 21, 2029

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:20 AM

7:20 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:22 AM, 62 min after sunrise

6:54 AM Blue hour
7:20 AM Sunrise
7:55 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:23 PM

6:23 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:19 PM, 64 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

5:47 PM Golden hour
6:23 PM Sunset
6:49 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:53 PM Dark enough
4:53 AM Best
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
68°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
64% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Micromoon - rises 5:48 PM in the ENE

5:48 PM – 7:42 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
5:48 PM Moonrise
6:09 PM 4°
12:43 AM Highest, 69°
7:21 AM 4°
7:42 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:48 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
2:27 AM
Distance
252,050 mi - micromoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:46 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:54 AM–7:20 AM
  • Sunrise 7:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:20 AM–7:55 AM
  • Morning best color 7:21 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:47 PM–6:23 PM
  • Moonrise 5:49 PM
  • Sunset 6:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:23 PM–6:49 PM
  • Fully dark 7:49 PM–5:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

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