Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:30 AM

6:30 AM

6:03 AM Blue hour
6:30 AM Sunrise
7:04 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:43 PM

7:43 PM

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

7:08 PM Golden hour
7:43 PM Sunset
8:09 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:13 PM Dark enough
12:40 AM Moonrise
4:13 AM Best
4:59 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
36% lost
Speed
49 km/s

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

12:40 AM – 9:49 AM

SE SW
12:40 AM Moonrise
1:05 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 25°
9:24 AM 4°
9:49 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 6:03 AM–6:30 AM
  • Morning best color 6:24 AM
  • Sunrise 6:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:30 AM–7:04 AM
  • Moonset 8:59 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:08 PM–7:43 PM
  • Sunset 7:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:43 PM–8:09 PM
  • Fully dark 9:14 PM–4:57 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:14 PM–12:44 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NE, 51 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:10 PM 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 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