Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, November 30, 2024

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
12:10 AM
Highest around 12:11 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
56°
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

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

6:22 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:51 PM

4:51 PM

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Sunset
5:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

0% lit

New moon today at 10:25 PM

Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:20 AM

6:29 AM – 4:16 PM

SE SW
6:29 AM Moonrise
6:52 AM 4°
11:22 AM Highest, 30°
3:53 PM 4°
4:16 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 6:22 AM–6:50 AM
  • Moonrise 6:29 AM
  • Morning best color 6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:28 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:51 PM
  • Moonset 4:16 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:18 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:20 PM–5:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to NW, 18 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:02 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look W
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:40 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:40 PM Halloween Halloween night in Lompoc - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Lompoc - sunset at 5:08 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:08 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 8:20 AM Total lunar eclipse 52% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:32 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:19 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 7:26 PM Total lunar eclipse 49% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:39 AM Partial solar eclipse 79.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:08 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:18 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it