Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, February 19, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:50 AM, 60 min after sunrise

6:24 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:51 PM

5:51 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:48 PM, 63 min before sunset

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

5:16 PM Golden hour
5:51 PM Sunset
6:17 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Presidents' Day

US holiday

Presidents' Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:51 PM

Evening from 5:51 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:51 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
83% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 5:21 PM

Officially Washington's Birthday, the holiday began in 1879 on George Washington's birthday, February 22. Since 1971 it falls on the third Monday of February - between Washington's birthday and Abraham Lincoln's on February 12 - and it is widely called Presidents' Day, for everyone who has held the office.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

81% lit

1:20 PM – 4:54 AM

ENE WNW
1:20 PM Moonrise
1:44 PM 4°
9:08 PM Highest, 82°
4:30 AM 4°
4:54 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:24 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:25 AM
  • Morning best color 6:51 AM
  • Moonrise 1:20 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:16 PM–5:51 PM
  • Sunset 5:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:51 PM–6:17 PM
  • Fully dark 7:17 PM–5:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:57 AM–5:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 67 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:01 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 16 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Marginal, look SSE
Sat 14 Nov 2026 7:55 PM Leonids Around 11 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