Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, October 19, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-19

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:24 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
12:24 PM
Highest around 12:33 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

7:11 AM

7:11 AM

6:45 AM Blue hour
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:22 PM

6:22 PM

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

5:47 PM Golden hour
6:22 PM Sunset
6:47 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 16 an hour

Best around 5:22 AM

From 7:52 PM to 5:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waning crescent

3% lit

5:31 AM – 5:24 PM

E W
5:31 AM Moonrise
5:50 AM 4°
11:28 AM Highest, 51°
5:05 PM 4°
5:24 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:31 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:45 AM–7:11 AM
  • Morning best color 7:08 AM
  • Sunrise 7:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:11 AM–7:45 AM
  • Moonset 5:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:47 PM–6:22 PM
  • Sunset 6:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:22 PM–6:47 PM
  • Fully dark 7:46 PM–5:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:46 PM–5:48 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 5:26 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 5:21 AM 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