Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:01 AM

6:01 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:33 AM, 92 min after sunrise

5:32 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Sunrise
6:39 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-2

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:05 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:05 PM
Highest around 7:08 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

8:24 PM

8:24 PM

Behind the hills at 8:17 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

7:47 PM Golden hour
8:24 PM Sunset
8:54 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

74% lit

11:29 PM – 12:09 PM

E W
11:29 PM Moonrise
11:48 PM 4°
5:47 AM Highest, 57°
11:49 AM 4°
12:09 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:32 AM–6:01 AM
  • Sunrise 6:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:01 AM–6:39 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Moonset 11:02 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:47 PM–8:24 PM
  • Sunset 8:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:24 PM–8:54 PM
  • Fully dark 10:10 PM–4:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:10 PM–11:30 PM
  • Moonrise 11:29 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, SE to SE, 30 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 4:33 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to SSW, 25 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:53 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Long shot, look SSE
Fri 6 Nov 2026 4:46 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 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