Lompoc, California, USA

Monday, December 1, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-10

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
9:28 PM
Highest around 9:37 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:51 AM

6:51 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:51 AM Sunrise
7:29 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:51 PM

4:51 PM

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

4:12 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Sunset
5:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

86% lit

2:14 PM – 4:11 AM

ENE WNW
2:14 PM Moonrise
2:34 PM 4°
9:09 PM Highest, 71°
3:50 AM 4°
4:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:51 AM
  • Morning best color 6:47 AM
  • Sunrise 6:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:51 AM–7:29 AM
  • Moonrise 2:15 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:12 PM–4:51 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:18 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:20 AM–5:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, SE to ENE, 25 deg up
Thu 15 Oct 2026 5:09 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, S to SSE, 24 deg up
Thu 15 Oct 2026 5:34 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481 Good, look W
Thu 15 Oct 2026 4:44 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 Marginal, 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 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