Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, December 7, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 15 an hour

Best around 2:20 AM

Radiant climbs to
88°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
67% lost
Speed
35 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.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-15

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
9:58 AM
Highest around 10:07 AM
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

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:34 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:50 PM

4:50 PM

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

4:12 PM Golden hour
4:50 PM Sunset
5:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

7:59 PM – 10:40 AM

ENE WNW
7:59 PM Moonrise
8:21 PM 4°
3:24 AM Highest, 77°
10:19 AM 4°
10:40 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 6:28 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:52 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:34 AM
  • Moonset 9:58 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:12 PM–4:50 PM
  • Sunset 4:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:50 PM–5:18 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:20 PM–8:00 PM
  • Moonrise 7:59 PM

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 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 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