Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:49 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
7:56 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 11:09 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
11:09 AM
Highest around 11:12 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
11:16 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward SSE

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

Sunset

5:15 PM

5:15 PM

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

4:36 PM Golden hour
5:15 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

99% lit

6:12 PM – 8:46 AM

ENE WNW
6:12 PM Moonrise
6:34 PM 4°
1:34 AM Highest, 74°
8:25 AM 4°
8:46 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:49 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 7:15 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–7:56 AM
  • Moonset 8:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:36 PM–5:15 PM
  • Sunset 5:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:15 PM–5:43 PM
  • Moonrise 6:13 PM
  • Fully dark 6:45 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 19 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:13 AM 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 8:48 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 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