Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, June 8, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-8

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:20 AM
Highest around 7:29 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:48 AM

5:48 AM

5:19 AM Blue hour
5:48 AM Sunrise
6:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:13 PM

8:13 PM

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

7:36 PM Golden hour
8:13 PM Sunset
8:42 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

94% lit

6:17 PM – 4:15 AM

ESE WSW
6:17 PM Moonrise
6:40 PM 4°
11:16 PM Highest, 32°
3:52 AM 4°
4:15 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:42 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:19 AM–5:48 AM
  • Morning best color 5:43 AM
  • Sunrise 5:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:48 AM–6:25 AM
  • Moonrise 6:17 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:36 PM–8:13 PM
  • Sunset 8:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:13 PM–8:42 PM
  • Fully dark 9:58 PM–4:03 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to WSW, 50 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:55 PM Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:48 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to E, 44 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 6:56 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Excellent, look W
Sun 25 Oct 2026 10:00 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Excellent, look W
Wed 28 Oct 2026 9:17 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