Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer C

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
4:06 PM
Highest around 4:15 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

7:07 AM

7:07 AM

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:07 AM Sunrise
7:42 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:26 PM

6:26 PM

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

5:52 PM Golden hour
6:26 PM Sunset
6:52 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

29% lit

1:28 AM – 3:43 PM

ENE WNW
1:28 AM Moonrise
1:49 AM 4°
8:40 AM Highest, 74°
3:22 PM 4°
3:43 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:07 AM
  • Morning best color 7:04 AM
  • Sunrise 7:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:07 AM–7:42 AM
  • Moonset 3:43 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:52 PM–6:26 PM
  • Sunset 6:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:26 PM–6:52 PM
  • Fully dark 7:50 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:50 PM–2:40 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NE to NE, 27 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:12 AM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 7:56 PM 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 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it