Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:23 AM

7:23 AM

6:57 AM Blue hour
7:23 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 5:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Crossing your sky
When
5:50 PM
Highest around 5:53 PM
Distance
124 mi
Climbs to
17°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:11 PM

7:11 PM

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

6:36 PM Golden hour
7:11 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

46% lit

3:35 AM – 12:49 PM

SE SW
3:35 AM Moonrise
4:00 AM 4°
8:11 AM Highest, 26°
12:23 PM 4°
12:49 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:57 AM–7:23 AM
  • Morning best color 7:17 AM
  • Sunrise 7:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:23 AM–7:57 AM
  • Moonset 11:54 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:36 PM–7:11 PM
  • Sunset 7:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:11 PM–7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:36 PM–5:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:36 PM–3:36 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Marginal, look SSE
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 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 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