Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, October 3, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-39

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:06 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
7:06 AM
Highest around 7:15 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

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:33 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:42 PM

6:42 PM

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

6:09 PM Golden hour
6:42 PM Sunset
7:08 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

85% lit

4:55 PM – 4:07 AM

ESE WSW
4:55 PM Moonrise
5:15 PM 4°
10:31 PM Highest, 43°
3:46 AM 4°
4:07 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:00 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:33 AM–6:58 AM
  • Morning best color 6:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:31 AM
  • Moonrise 4:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:09 PM–6:42 PM
  • Sunset 6:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:42 PM–7:08 PM
  • Fully dark 8:06 PM–5:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:16 AM–5:35 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 Fair, 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 Good, 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