Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, December 21, 2024

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 3:34 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
3:34 AM
Highest around 3:35 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
3:42 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Meteor shower

Ursids

Best around 4:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:25 PM Dark enough
11:28 PM Moonrise
4:40 AM Best
5:35 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
42°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
43% lost
Speed
33 km/s

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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 1:20 AM

Sunrise
7:05 AM, ESE (119°)
Sunset
4:55 PM, WSW (241°)
Daylight
9h 50m

That morning

Sunrise

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:37 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:55 PM

4:55 PM

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

4:16 PM Golden hour
4:55 PM Sunset
5:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

60% lit

11:28 PM – 11:55 AM

E W
11:28 PM Moonrise
11:48 PM 4°
5:43 AM Highest, 57°
11:36 AM 4°
11:55 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:37 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 7:03 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonset 11:32 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:16 PM–4:55 PM
  • Sunset 4:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:55 PM–5:23 PM
  • Fully dark 6:25 PM–5:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:25 PM–11:35 PM
  • Moonrise 11:29 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:41 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 17 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:14 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Good, look W
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:48 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