Big Sur, California, USA

Sunday, October 12, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:16 AM, 64 min after sunrise

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:34 PM

6:34 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:40 PM, 54 min before sunset

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

6:00 PM Golden hour
6:34 PM Sunset
7:00 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:04 PM Dark enough
11:12 PM Moonrise
4:49 AM Best
5:43 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
42% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Moon

Last quarter

61% lit

10:05 PM – 1:49 PM

ENE WNW
10:05 PM Moonrise
10:29 PM 4°
5:58 AM Highest, 82°
1:25 PM 4°
1:49 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 6:46 AM–7:12 AM
  • Morning best color 7:10 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:46 AM
  • Moonset 1:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:00 PM–6:34 PM
  • Sunset 6:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:34 PM–7:00 PM
  • Fully dark 8:00 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:00 PM–11:20 PM
  • Moonrise 11:13 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Halloween Halloween night in Big Sur - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 7:42 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 7:42 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Big Sur - sunset at 5:11 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:11 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