Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, December 13, 2025

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Big Sur, California, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 136 an hour

Best around 2:08 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-12

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
9:49 PM
Highest around 9:58 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

7:10 AM

7:10 AM

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:10 AM Sunrise
7:50 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:53 PM

4:53 PM

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:53 PM Sunset
5:21 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

31% lit

1:23 AM – 1:00 PM

E WSW
1:23 AM Moonrise
1:43 AM 4°
7:13 AM Highest, 47°
12:41 PM 4°
1:00 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:23 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:10 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Sunrise 7:10 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:10 AM–7:50 AM
  • Moonset 1:01 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:53 PM
  • Sunset 4:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:53 PM–5:21 PM
  • Fully dark 6:25 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:25 PM–2:25 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Fair, look SSE
Fri 23 Oct 2026 10:29 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:49 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:49 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:37 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:31 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it