Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:14 AM

7:14 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:19 AM, 65 min after sunrise

6:48 AM Blue hour
7:14 AM Sunrise
7:49 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer C

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 4:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
4:06 PM
Highest around 4:09 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

6:30 PM

6:30 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:27 PM, 63 min before sunset

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

5:56 PM Golden hour
6:30 PM Sunset
6:56 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:00 PM Dark enough
2:36 AM Moonrise
4:45 AM Best
5:45 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
11% 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.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 3:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:00 PM Dark enough
2:36 AM Moonrise
3:00 AM Best
5:45 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Moon

Waning crescent

29% lit

1:30 AM – 3:52 PM

ENE WNW
1:30 AM Moonrise
1:52 AM 4°
8:45 AM Highest, 72°
3:31 PM 4°
3:52 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:48 AM–7:14 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:14 AM–7:49 AM
  • Moonset 3:52 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:56 PM–6:30 PM
  • Sunset 6:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:30 PM–6:56 PM
  • Fully dark 7:56 PM–5:50 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:56 PM–2:36 AM

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