Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, May 9, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:03 AM

6:03 AM

5:35 AM Blue hour
6:03 AM Sunrise
6:38 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-3

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
5:19 PM
Highest around 5:21 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
56°
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

7:53 PM

7:53 PM

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

7:17 PM Golden hour
7:53 PM Sunset
8:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

93% lit

5:29 PM – 4:44 AM

ESE WSW
5:29 PM Moonrise
5:50 PM 4°
11:08 PM Highest, 44°
4:24 AM 4°
4:44 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:35 AM–6:03 AM
  • Morning best color 5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 6:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:03 AM–6:38 AM
  • Moonrise 5:30 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:17 PM–7:53 PM
  • Sunset 7:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:53 PM–8:20 PM
  • Fully dark 9:29 PM–4:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NNE, 53 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:33 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NW, 21 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:10 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Excellent, look W
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Good, look W
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Halloween Halloween night in Lompoc - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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 8:20 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