Big Sur, California, USA

Saturday, February 21, 2026

TODAY
Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-25

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 1:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
1:04 AM
Highest around 1:13 AM
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

6:47 AM

6:47 AM

6:21 AM Blue hour
6:47 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:54 PM

5:54 PM

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

5:19 PM Golden hour
5:54 PM Sunset
6:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

21% lit

8:51 AM – 10:51 PM

ENE WNW
8:51 AM Moonrise
9:11 AM 4°
3:47 PM Highest, 69°
10:30 PM 4°
10:51 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:21 AM–6:47 AM
  • Sunrise 6:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:47 AM–7:22 AM
  • Morning best color 6:55 AM
  • Moonrise 8:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:19 PM–5:54 PM
  • Sunset 5:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:54 PM–6:20 PM
  • Fully dark 7:20 PM–5:20 AM
  • Moonset 10:51 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:00 PM–5:20 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, ENE to E, 34 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 AM Milky Way Visible 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM with no moon, 15° above the southwestern horizon - 1 night 12 Oct to 12 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to SE, 55 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:54 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM 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 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