Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-11

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:26 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
9:26 PM
Highest around 9:35 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

6:52 AM

6:52 AM

6:27 AM Blue hour
6:52 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:54 PM

6:54 PM

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

6:20 PM Golden hour
6:54 PM Sunset
7:19 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

14% lit

10:33 AM – 8:42 PM

ESE WSW
10:33 AM Moonrise
10:55 AM 4°
3:38 PM Highest, 34°
8:20 PM 4°
8:42 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 6:27 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Sunrise 6:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:52 AM–7:25 AM
  • Moonrise 10:34 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:20 PM–6:54 PM
  • Sunset 6:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:54 PM–7:19 PM
  • Fully dark 8:18 PM–5:29 AM
  • Moonset 8:43 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:48 PM–5:29 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:54 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NW to NNE, 18 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 6:00 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 Good, look W
Tue 20 Oct 2026 3:14 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:51 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