Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:32 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:34 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-34

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 9:11 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
9:11 AM
Highest around 9:14 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
14°
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

5:44 PM

5:44 PM

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

5:08 PM Golden hour
5:44 PM Sunset
6:10 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

29% lit

2:58 AM – 12:13 PM

SE SW
2:58 AM Moonrise
3:23 AM 4°
7:35 AM Highest, 26°
11:48 AM 4°
12:13 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–6:58 AM
  • Morning best color 6:47 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:34 AM
  • Moonset 12:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:08 PM–5:44 PM
  • Sunset 5:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:44 PM–6:10 PM
  • Fully dark 7:10 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:10 PM–4:00 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to N, 31 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:47 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to NNE, 10 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:13 AM 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