Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, January 19, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:16 AM

7:16 AM

6:48 AM Blue hour
7:16 AM Sunrise
7:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:19 PM

5:19 PM

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

4:41 PM Golden hour
5:19 PM Sunset
5:47 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

US holiday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:20 PM

Evening from 5:20 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:20 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
2% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 4:50 PM

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday of January, falls near his birthday, January 15, 1929. The Baptist minister led the civil rights movement with nonviolent protest - the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 - and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was killed in Memphis in 1968.

It became a federal holiday in 1983, first kept in 1986, and is also kept as a national day of service.

Moon

New moon

1% lit

8:05 AM – 6:23 PM

ESE WSW
8:05 AM Moonrise
8:27 AM 4°
1:14 PM Highest, 34°
6:01 PM 4°
6:23 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 6:48 AM–7:16 AM
  • Morning best color 7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–7:54 AM
  • Moonrise 8:05 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:41 PM–5:19 PM
  • Sunset 5:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:19 PM–5:47 PM
  • Moonset 6:23 PM
  • Fully dark 6:49 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:49 PM–5:45 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to NNE, 10 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:13 AM 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
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Marginal, look SSE
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:56 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