Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, April 12, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-192

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:25 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:33 AM–5:33 AM, SSE about 5° up

Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
5:25 AM
Highest around 5:27 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:37 AM

6:37 AM

6:10 AM Blue hour
6:37 AM Sunrise
7:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:38 PM

7:38 PM

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

7:04 PM Golden hour
7:38 PM Sunset
8:05 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Micromoon - rises 7:43 PM in the ESE

7:43 PM – 6:43 AM

Named for creeping phlox, a pink wildflower among the first to bloom in spring.

ESE WSW
7:43 PM Moonrise
8:04 PM 4°
1:13 AM Highest, 41°
6:22 AM 4°
6:43 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:43 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
5:26 PM
Distance
251,955 mi - micromoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:10 AM–6:37 AM
  • Moonset 6:20 AM
  • Morning best color 6:31 AM
  • Sunrise 6:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:37 AM–7:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:04 PM–7:38 PM
  • Sunset 7:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:38 PM–8:05 PM
  • Moonrise 7:44 PM
  • Fully dark 9:09 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Marginal, look SSE
Mon 26 Oct 2026 10:46 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to N, 31 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:47 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