Big Sur, California, USA

Monday, February 17, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:51 AM

6:51 AM

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:51 AM Sunrise
7:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:50 PM

5:50 PM

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

5:15 PM Golden hour
5:50 PM Sunset
6:16 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Presidents' Day

US holiday

Presidents' Day in Big Sur - sunset at 5:50 PM

Evening from 5:50 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:50 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
74% lit
Rises 11:00 PM
Where the Sun is
WSW, 5° up
at 5:20 PM

Officially Washington's Birthday, the holiday began in 1879 on George Washington's birthday, February 22. Since 1971 it falls on the third Monday of February - between Washington's birthday and Abraham Lincoln's on February 12 - and it is widely called Presidents' Day, for everyone who has held the office.

Moon

Waning gibbous

76% lit

11:00 PM – 9:36 AM

ESE WSW
11:00 PM Moonrise
11:22 PM 4°
4:18 AM Highest, 37°
9:15 AM 4°
9:36 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 6:25 AM–6:51 AM
  • Morning best color 6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:51 AM–7:27 AM
  • Moonset 9:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:15 PM–5:50 PM
  • Sunset 5:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:50 PM–6:16 PM
  • Fully dark 7:16 PM–5:24 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:16 PM–11:06 PM
  • Moonrise 11:01 PM

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 Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to ENE, 37 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:47 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Marginal, look SSE
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:56 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