Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:18 AM

7:18 AM

6:50 AM Blue hour
7:18 AM Sunrise
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

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

4:23 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:31 PM Blue hour ends

Event

New Year's Day

New Year's Day in Big Sur - the year's first sunset at 5:03 PM

Evening from 5:03 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:03 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
97% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 4° up
at 4:33 PM

January 1 has opened the year since the Romans, who gave the month to Janus, the two-faced god of doors and beginnings who looks back to the old year and ahead to the new. Most of the world now counts its years by the Gregorian calendar, and New Year's Day is a holiday nearly everywhere.

The celebrations start the night before, at midnight, and roll west around the world with the clock - from the islands of Kiribati first to American Samoa last.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

3:09 PM – 6:55 AM

ENE WNW
3:09 PM Moonrise
3:33 PM 4°
11:02 PM Highest, 82°
6:30 AM 4°
6:55 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:46 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:50 AM–7:18 AM
  • Morning best color 7:15 AM
  • Sunrise 7:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:18 AM–7:58 AM
  • Moonrise 3:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:23 PM–5:03 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:31 PM
  • Fully dark 6:35 PM–5:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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 Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to ENE, 37 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:47 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:48 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