Big Sur, California, USA

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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Big Sur, California, USA Wednesday 8 April 2026

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

7:35 PM

7:35 PM

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

7:00 PM Golden hour
7:35 PM Sunset
8:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

63% lit

2:14 AM – 11:35 AM

SE SW
2:14 AM Moonrise
2:39 AM 4°
6:55 AM Highest, 27°
11:11 AM 4°
11:35 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:26 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
  • Moonset 10:38 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:00 PM–7:35 PM
  • Sunset 7:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:35 PM–8:01 PM
  • Fully dark 9:04 PM–5:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:04 PM–2:14 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 81 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:14 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to E, 18 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:39 AM Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Outer clouds at most, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 9:00 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

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