Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 34 an hour

Best around 2:06 AM

Radiant climbs to
87°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
52% 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:57 AM

6:57 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:57 AM Sunrise
7:36 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
5:19 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

71% lit

10:17 PM – 11:43 AM

ENE W
10:17 PM Moonrise
10:37 PM 4°
5:03 AM Highest, 67°
11:24 AM 4°
11:43 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 6:29 AM–6:57 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Sunrise 6:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:57 AM–7:36 AM
  • Moonset 11:15 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:12 PM–4:51 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:19 PM
  • Fully dark 6:21 PM–5:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:21 PM–10:21 PM
  • Moonrise 10:17 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

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 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 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