Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, December 13, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 136 an hour

Best around 1:51 AM

Radiant climbs to
88°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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 15-12

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
9:49 PM
Highest around 9:58 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

7:00 AM

7:00 AM

6:32 AM Blue hour
7:00 AM Sunrise
7:39 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.

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Sunset
5:19 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

31% lit

1:17 AM – 12:56 PM

E WSW
1:17 AM Moonrise
1:36 AM 4°
7:08 AM Highest, 49°
12:37 PM 4°
12:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:17 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–7:00 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 7:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:00 AM–7:39 AM
  • Moonset 12:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:51 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:19 PM
  • Fully dark 6:22 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:22 PM–2:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 46 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 5:53 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to S, 18 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 6:30 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