Big Sur, California, USA

Friday, March 13, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:20 AM

7:20 AM

6:54 AM Blue hour
7:20 AM Sunrise
7:54 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-31

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:57 AM
Highest around 8:00 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

7:12 PM

7:12 PM

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

6:38 PM Golden hour
7:12 PM Sunset
7:38 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

28% lit

4:20 AM – 1:49 PM

SE SW
4:20 AM Moonrise
4:44 AM 4°
9:04 AM Highest, 28°
1:24 PM 4°
1:49 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:54 AM–7:20 AM
  • Morning best color 7:14 AM
  • Sunrise 7:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:20 AM–7:54 AM
  • Moonset 1:49 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:38 PM–7:12 PM
  • Sunset 7:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:12 PM–7:38 PM
  • Fully dark 8:38 PM–5:53 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:38 PM–5:08 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