Big Sur, California, USA

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:22 AM

7:22 AM

6:57 AM Blue hour
7:22 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:11 PM

7:11 PM

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

6:37 PM Golden hour
7:11 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx & PUNCH

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:10 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
8:10 PM
Highest around 8:13 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
8:17 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward SSE

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

94% lit

4:57 PM – 6:44 AM

ENE WNW
4:57 PM Moonrise
5:18 PM 4°
11:54 PM Highest, 68°
6:24 AM 4°
6:44 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:57 AM–7:22 AM
  • Morning best color 7:18 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–7:57 AM
  • Moonrise 4:58 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:37 PM–7:11 PM
  • Sunset 7:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:11 PM–7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:36 PM–5:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to N, 31 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:47 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to NNE, 10 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 6:13 AM 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