Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, February 1, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:07 AM

7:07 AM

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:07 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-4

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 3:02 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
3:02 PM
Highest around 3:05 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
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

5:33 PM

5:33 PM

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

4:57 PM Golden hour
5:33 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

14% lit

9:08 AM – 9:28 PM

E W
9:08 AM Moonrise
9:28 AM 4°
3:17 PM Highest, 53°
9:08 PM 4°
9:28 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:07 AM
  • Morning best color 7:05 AM
  • Sunrise 7:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:07 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonrise 9:08 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:57 PM–5:33 PM
  • Sunset 5:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:33 PM–6:00 PM
  • Fully dark 7:01 PM–5:39 AM
  • Moonset 9:29 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:31 PM–5:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to NNE, 30 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:25 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:44 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 19 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:13 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look SSE
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:48 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