Los Angeles, California, United States

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-57

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
11:49 PM
Highest around 11:52 PM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
29°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
11:56 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward WNW

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

Equinox or solstice

Spring equinox

The moment itself, 2:01 AM

Sunrise
6:55 AM, E (90°)
Sunset
7:04 PM, W (270°)
Daylight
12h 09m

That morning

Sunrise

6:55 AM

6:55 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:55 AM Sunrise
7:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:04 PM

7:04 PM

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

6:31 PM Golden hour
7:04 PM Sunset
7:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

66% lit

1:28 AM – 10:56 AM

SE SW
1:28 AM Moonrise
1:52 AM 4°
6:12 AM Highest, 28°
10:31 AM 4°
10:56 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:29 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:55 AM–7:28 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Moonset 10:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:31 PM–7:04 PM
  • Sunset 7:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:04 PM–7:29 PM
  • Evening best color 7:19 PM
  • Fully dark 8:28 PM–5:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:28 PM–1:28 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Fair, look WNW
Tue 27 Oct 2026 12:25 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to NNW, 18 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:49 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look WNW
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Good, look WNW
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:56 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