Lompoc, California, USA

Monday, May 12, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:00 AM

6:00 AM

5:33 AM Blue hour
6:00 AM Sunrise
6:36 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-4

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:15 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
6:15 PM
Highest around 6:16 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

7:55 PM

7:55 PM

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

7:20 PM Golden hour
7:55 PM Sunset
8:23 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 8:25 PM in the ESE

8:25 PM – 6:15 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE SW
8:25 PM Moonrise
8:48 PM 4°
1:20 AM Highest, 31°
5:52 AM 4°
6:15 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:25 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
10:02 AM
Distance
251,490 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:33 AM–6:00 AM
  • Moonset 5:41 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:00 AM–6:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:20 PM–7:55 PM
  • Sunset 7:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:55 PM–8:23 PM
  • Moonrise 8:25 PM
  • Fully dark 9:32 PM–4:22 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