Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:01 AM

7:01 AM

6:35 AM Blue hour
7:01 AM Sunrise
7:35 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-17

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 4:03 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
4:03 PM
Highest around 4:06 PM
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

7:24 PM

7:24 PM

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

6:50 PM Golden hour
7:24 PM Sunset
7:49 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

61% lit

12:53 PM – 4:06 AM

ENE WNW
12:53 PM Moonrise
1:17 PM 4°
8:33 PM Highest, 79°
3:44 AM 4°
4:06 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:35 AM–7:01 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 7:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:01 AM–7:35 AM
  • Moonrise 12:54 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:50 PM–7:24 PM
  • Sunset 7:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:24 PM–7:49 PM
  • Fully dark 8:50 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:10 AM–5:33 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Orionids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 25 Oct 2026 7:48 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NE, 51 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:09 PM 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