Big Sur, California, USA

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:50 AM

5:50 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:23 AM, 93 min after sunrise

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:50 AM Sunrise
6:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:20 PM

8:20 PM

Behind the hills at 8:04 PM, 16 min before sunset

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

7:42 PM Golden hour, best color
8:20 PM Sunset
8:50 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 53 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Full moon

Full Strawberry Moon

Rises 8:26 PM in the ESE

8:26 PM – 5:59 AM

Named for the wild strawberries ripe for picking in June.

SE SW
8:26 PM Moonrise
8:50 PM 4°
1:12 AM Highest, 28°
5:34 AM 4°
5:59 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:26 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
8:45 PM
Distance
229,694 mi

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 5:11 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:20 AM–5:50 AM
  • Sunrise 5:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:50 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 5:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:42 PM–8:20 PM
  • Evening best color 7:45 PM
  • Sunset 8:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:20 PM–8:50 PM
  • Moonrise 8:26 PM
  • Fully dark 10:08 PM–4:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNE, 24 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:03 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:29 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NW to N, 12 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:06 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:28 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