Sunrise and sunset in Big Sur

Big Sur Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in September 2026

Local time (PDT)

Day length goes from 12 h 56 min on September 1 to 11 h 50 min on September 30. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 7:02 AM and sunset from 7:35 PM to 6:52 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Sep 16:13 AM6:39 AM7:35 PM8:01 PM7:01 PM9:04 PM12 h 56 minWaning gibbous, 77%9:51 PM11:26 AM
Sep 26:13 AM6:40 AM7:33 PM8:00 PM6:59 PM9:02 PM12 h 53 min-3.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%10:31 PM12:37 PM
Sep 36:14 AM6:40 AM7:32 PM7:58 PM6:58 PM9:01 PM12 h 52 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 57%11:19 PM1:49 PM
Sep 46:15 AM6:41 AM7:30 PM7:57 PM6:56 PM8:59 PM12 h 49 min-3.0 minLast quarter 12:51 AM2:57 PM
Sep 56:16 AM6:42 AM7:29 PM7:55 PM6:55 PM8:58 PM12 h 47 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%12:18 AM3:59 PM
Sep 66:17 AM6:43 AM7:28 PM7:54 PM6:54 PM8:56 PM12 h 45 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%1:26 AM4:51 PM
Sep 76:18 AM6:44 AM7:26 PM7:52 PM6:52 PM8:54 PM12 h 42 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 18%2:39 AM5:34 PM
Sep 86:18 AM6:44 AM7:25 PM7:51 PM6:51 PM8:53 PM12 h 41 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:53 AM6:10 PM
Sep 96:19 AM6:45 AM7:23 PM7:49 PM6:49 PM8:51 PM12 h 38 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 5%5:05 AM6:41 PM
Sep 106:20 AM6:46 AM7:22 PM7:48 PM6:48 PM8:49 PM12 h 36 min-2.0 minNew moon 8:27 PM6:15 AM7:08 PM
Sep 116:21 AM6:47 AM7:20 PM7:46 PM6:46 PM8:48 PM12 h 33 min-3.0 minNew moon, 0%7:22 AM7:34 PM
Sep 126:22 AM6:47 AM7:19 PM7:45 PM6:45 PM8:46 PM12 h 32 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%8:27 AM8:00 PM
Sep 136:22 AM6:48 AM7:17 PM7:43 PM6:43 PM8:44 PM12 h 29 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%9:32 AM8:27 PM
Sep 146:23 AM6:49 AM7:16 PM7:42 PM6:42 PM8:43 PM12 h 27 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 9%10:35 AM8:57 PM
Sep 156:24 AM6:50 AM7:14 PM7:40 PM6:40 PM8:41 PM12 h 24 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%11:39 AM9:31 PM
Sep 166:25 AM6:51 AM7:13 PM7:38 PM6:39 PM8:39 PM12 h 22 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 25%12:40 PM10:10 PM
Sep 176:26 AM6:51 AM7:11 PM7:37 PM6:37 PM8:38 PM12 h 20 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%1:39 PM10:55 PM
Sep 186:26 AM6:52 AM7:10 PM7:35 PM6:36 PM8:36 PM12 h 18 min-2.0 minFirst quarter 1:43 PM2:33 PM11:47 PM
Sep 196:27 AM6:53 AM7:08 PM7:34 PM6:34 PM8:35 PM12 h 15 min-3.0 minFirst quarter, 56%3:21 PM
Sep 206:28 AM6:54 AM7:07 PM7:32 PM6:33 PM8:33 PM12 h 13 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 66%4:02 PM12:43 AM
Sep 216:29 AM6:55 AM7:05 PM7:31 PM6:31 PM8:31 PM12 h 10 min-3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:37 PM1:43 AM
Sep 226:30 AM6:55 AM7:04 PM7:29 PM6:30 PM8:30 PM12 h 09 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 84%5:08 PM2:45 AM
Sep 236:30 AM6:56 AM7:02 PM7:28 PM6:28 PM8:28 PM12 h 06 min-3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%5:35 PM3:48 AM
Sep 246:31 AM6:57 AM7:01 PM7:26 PM6:27 PM8:27 PM12 h 04 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%6:01 PM4:50 AM
Sep 256:32 AM6:58 AM6:59 PM7:25 PM6:25 PM8:25 PM12 h 01 min-3.0 minFull moon, 99%6:26 PM5:53 AM
Sep 266:33 AM6:58 AM6:58 PM7:23 PM6:24 PM8:23 PM12 h 00 min-1.0 minFull moon 9:49 AM6:52 PM6:58 AM
Sep 276:34 AM6:59 AM6:56 PM7:22 PM6:22 PM8:22 PM11 h 57 min-3.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%7:20 PM8:04 AM
Sep 286:34 AM7:00 AM6:55 PM7:21 PM6:21 PM8:20 PM11 h 55 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 95%7:52 PM9:14 AM
Sep 296:35 AM7:01 AM6:53 PM7:19 PM6:19 PM8:19 PM11 h 52 min-3.0 minWaning gibbous, 89%8:31 PM10:26 AM
Sep 306:36 AM7:02 AM6:52 PM7:18 PM6:18 PM8:17 PM11 h 50 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 82%9:17 PM11:39 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.