Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, November 16, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Leonids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 4:56 AM

Radiant climbs to
67°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
9:21 PM
Highest around 9:30 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
9:29 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:37 AM

6:37 AM

6:10 AM Blue hour
6:37 AM Sunrise
7:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:56 PM

4:56 PM

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

4:19 PM Golden hour
4:56 PM Sunset
5:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

10% lit

3:23 AM – 2:53 PM

ESE WSW
3:23 AM Moonrise
3:43 AM 4°
9:08 AM Highest, 47°
2:33 PM 4°
2:53 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:23 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:10 AM–6:37 AM
  • Morning best color 6:33 AM
  • Sunrise 6:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:37 AM–7:13 AM
  • Moonset 2:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:19 PM–4:56 PM
  • Sunset 4:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:56 PM–5:23 PM
  • Fully dark 6:23 PM–5:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:23 PM–4:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

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 Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:35 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 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