Big Sur, California, USA

Thursday, June 12, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

5:18 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-6

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:54 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
6:54 PM
Highest around 6:57 PM
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

8:25 PM

8:25 PM

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

7:47 PM Golden hour
8:25 PM Sunset
8:55 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

98% lit

10:13 PM – 7:37 AM

SE SW
10:13 PM Moonrise
10:38 PM 4°
2:56 AM Highest, 27°
7:13 AM 4°
7:37 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 5:18 AM–5:49 AM
  • Morning best color 5:43 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–6:27 AM
  • Moonset 6:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:47 PM–8:25 PM
  • Sunset 8:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:25 PM–8:55 PM
  • Moonrise 10:14 PM
  • Fully dark 10:15 PM–3:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 80 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:32 PM 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 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