Los Angeles, California, United States

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 1:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
1:21 AM
Highest around 1:24 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
45°
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

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

Clears the hills at 7:01 AM, 3 min after sunrise

6:33 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:32 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:18 PM

6:18 PM

Behind the hills at 6:08 PM, 10 min before sunset

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

5:44 PM Golden hour
6:18 PM Sunset
6:43 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:48 PM Dark enough
4:33 AM Best
5:29 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
35% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

5:21 PM – 5:59 AM

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5:21 PM Moonrise
5:40 PM 4°
11:38 PM Highest, 58°
5:40 AM 4°
5:59 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:47 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:33 AM–6:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:32 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Moonrise 5:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:44 PM–6:18 PM
  • Evening best color 6:03 PM
  • Sunset 6:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:18 PM–6:43 PM
  • Fully dark 7:41 PM–5:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Los Angeles - sunset at 5:00 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:00 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:30 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:30 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Los Angeles - sunset at 4:59 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 4:59 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Fair, space jellyfish SW
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:28 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:27 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 51.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 59% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.6% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:38 PM Partial solar eclipse 26% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.3% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 79.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:08 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:21 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it