Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, April 19, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:00 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:44 PM

7:44 PM

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

7:10 PM Golden hour
7:44 PM Sunset
8:11 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:14 PM Dark enough
2:18 AM Moonrise
3:59 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
18% 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

63% lit

2:18 AM – 11:52 AM

SE SW
2:18 AM Moonrise
2:42 AM 4°
7:04 AM Highest, 28°
11:28 AM 4°
11:52 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:32 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:00 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:22 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:02 AM
  • Moonset 10:48 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:10 PM–7:44 PM
  • Sunset 7:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:44 PM–8:11 PM
  • Fully dark 9:17 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:17 PM–2:27 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