Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:46 AM

6:46 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:14 AM, 88 min after sunrise

6:20 AM Blue hour
6:46 AM Sunrise
7:20 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:12 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:12 AM
Highest around 7:15 AM
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

7:21 PM

7:21 PM

Behind the mountains at 6:41 PM, 40 min before sunset

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

6:47 PM Golden hour
7:21 PM Sunset
7:47 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

9:00 PM – 11:23 AM

ENE WNW
9:00 PM Moonrise
9:20 PM 4°
4:07 AM Highest, 72°
11:01 AM 4°
11:23 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:20 AM–6:46 AM
  • Sunrise 6:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:46 AM–7:20 AM
  • Morning best color 6:47 AM
  • Moonset 10:08 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:47 PM–7:21 PM
  • Sunset 7:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:21 PM–7:47 PM
  • Fully dark 8:49 PM–5:19 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:49 PM–8:59 PM
  • Moonrise 9:00 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Big Sur - sunset at 5:11 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:11 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:40 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:40 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Big Sur - sunset at 5:10 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:10 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Marginal, space jellyfish SSE
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:28 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 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