Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-2

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:05 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:05 PM
Highest around 7:14 PM
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

6:00 AM

6:00 AM

5:31 AM Blue hour
6:00 AM Sunrise
6:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:15 PM

8:15 PM

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

7:38 PM Golden hour
8:15 PM Sunset
8:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

74% lit

11:23 PM – 12:03 PM

E W
11:23 PM Moonrise
11:43 PM 4°
5:41 AM Highest, 58°
11:43 AM 4°
12:03 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:31 AM–6:00 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:00 AM–6:37 AM
  • Moonset 10:57 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:38 PM–8:15 PM
  • Sunset 8:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:15 PM–8:43 PM
  • Fully dark 9:57 PM–4:19 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:57 PM–11:27 PM
  • Moonrise 11:24 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 Good, look W
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:10 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:51 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSW to SE, 23 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:19 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to WSW, 55 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:55 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Excellent, look W
Fri 23 Oct 2026 10:29 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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