Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

TODAY
Big Sur, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-26

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
6:17 AM
Highest around 6:26 AM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
43°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

That morning

Sunrise

6:42 AM

6:42 AM

6:16 AM Blue hour
6:42 AM Sunrise
7:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:58 PM

5:58 PM

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

5:23 PM Golden hour
5:58 PM Sunset
6:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

65% lit

11:46 AM – 3:30 AM

ENE WNW
11:46 AM Moonrise
12:10 PM 4°
7:38 PM Highest, 82°
3:06 AM 4°
3:30 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:27 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:16 AM–6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:42 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:42 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 6:50 AM
  • Moonrise 11:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:23 PM–5:58 PM
  • Sunset 5:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:58 PM–6:24 PM
  • Fully dark 7:23 PM–5:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:33 AM–5:15 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 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