Big Sur, California, USA

Friday, May 16, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:59 AM

5:59 AM

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:59 AM Sunrise
6:36 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-5

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
6:43 AM
Highest around 6:46 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

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

7:31 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

85% lit

12:15 AM – 9:44 AM

SE SW
12:15 AM Moonrise
12:40 AM 4°
5:00 AM Highest, 27°
9:19 AM 4°
9:44 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 5:30 AM–5:59 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 5:59 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:59 AM–6:36 AM
  • Moonset 8:42 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:31 PM–8:07 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:36 PM
  • Fully dark 9:49 PM–4:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:49 PM–12:19 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:49 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:49 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to NW, 28 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:10 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NE, 51 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:09 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Marginal, look SSE
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 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 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