Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, January 9, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:18 AM

7:18 AM

6:50 AM Blue hour
7:18 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:10 PM

5:10 PM

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

4:31 PM Golden hour
5:10 PM Sunset
5:38 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-153

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 7:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
7:53 PM
Highest around 7:56 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

80% lit

1:11 PM – 4:24 AM

ENE WNW
1:11 PM Moonrise
1:33 PM 4°
8:43 PM Highest, 79°
4:01 AM 4°
4:24 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:11 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:50 AM–7:18 AM
  • Morning best color 7:16 AM
  • Sunrise 7:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:18 AM–7:57 AM
  • Moonrise 1:11 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:31 PM–5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:10 PM–5:38 PM
  • Fully dark 6:41 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:31 AM–5:47 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NW, 26 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:02 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:43 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