Los Angeles, California, United States

Monday, May 12, 2025

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Los Angeles, California, United States

That morning

Sunrise

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:25 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:28 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-4

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:15 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
6:15 PM
Highest around 6:19 PM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
29°
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

7:45 PM

7:45 PM

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

7:10 PM Golden hour
7:45 PM Sunset
8:13 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 8:14 PM in the ESE

8:14 PM – 6:08 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE SW
8:14 PM Moonrise
8:37 PM 4°
1:11 AM Highest, 31°
5:45 AM 4°
6:08 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:14 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 5:25 AM–5:53 AM
  • Moonset 5:33 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:06 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:10 PM–7:45 PM
  • Sunset 7:45 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:45 PM–8:13 PM
  • Evening best color 8:00 PM
  • Moonrise 8:15 PM
  • Fully dark 9:21 PM–4:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 23 Oct 2026 7:39 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to N, 41 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:33 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:39 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:39 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Marginal, look WNW
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 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 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