Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, November 6, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-14

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:13 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
1:13 PM
Highest around 1:22 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

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:03 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

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

4:27 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

97% lit

5:51 PM – 9:16 AM

ENE WNW
5:51 PM Moonrise
6:14 PM 4°
1:31 AM Highest, 83°
8:52 AM 4°
9:16 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:01 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:24 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:03 AM
  • Moonset 8:00 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:27 PM–5:03 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:29 PM
  • Moonrise 5:51 PM
  • Fully dark 6:29 PM–5:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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 Fair, 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