Los Angeles, California, United States

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

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Los Angeles, California, United States

That morning

Sunrise

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:32 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-8

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
7:45 AM
Highest around 7:49 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
45°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

5:12 PM

5:12 PM

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

4:36 PM Golden hour
5:12 PM Sunset
5:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

50% lit

12:53 AM – 11:27 AM

ESE WSW
12:53 AM Moonrise
1:14 AM 4°
6:09 AM Highest, 38°
11:06 AM 4°
11:27 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 6:29 AM–6:56 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:32 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Moonset 10:59 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:36 PM–5:12 PM
  • Sunset 5:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:12 PM–5:39 PM
  • Evening best color 5:27 PM
  • Fully dark 6:39 PM–5:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:39 PM–12:59 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to N, 21 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:26 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:33 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 18 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:14 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look WNW
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:48 PM Halloween Halloween night in Los Angeles - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Los Angeles - sunset at 5:00 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:00 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