Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

6:13 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:01 PM

5:01 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
5:01 PM Sunset
5:28 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:31 PM Dark enough
11:28 PM Moonrise
12:31 AM Best
5:11 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
12% lost
Speed
29 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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:31 PM Dark enough
11:28 PM Moonrise
12:01 AM Best
5:11 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
6% lost
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.

Event

Veterans Day

US holiday

Veterans Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:01 PM

Evening from 5:01 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:01 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
52% lit
Rises 11:31 PM
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 4:31 PM

Veterans Day, November 11, honors everyone who has served in the US armed forces. It began as Armistice Day, for the armistice that ended the fighting of the First World War at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, and was renamed in 1954 to honor the veterans of all wars.

Moon

Last quarter

54% lit

10:20 PM – 12:53 PM

ENE WNW
10:20 PM Moonrise
10:42 PM 4°
5:41 AM Highest, 74°
12:32 PM 4°
12:53 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 6:13 AM–6:40 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:18 AM
  • Moonset 12:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–5:01 PM
  • Sunset 5:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:01 PM–5:28 PM
  • Fully dark 6:30 PM–5:13 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:30 PM–11:30 PM
  • Moonrise 11:28 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NW, 26 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:02 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Halloween Halloween night in Big Sur - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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