Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-13

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:27 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:27 AM
Highest around 7:36 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

7:03 AM

7:03 AM

6:35 AM Blue hour
7:03 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:53 PM

4:53 PM

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

4:14 PM Golden hour
4:53 PM Sunset
5:21 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

5% lit

5:09 AM – 2:56 PM

ESE SW
5:09 AM Moonrise
5:32 AM 4°
10:02 AM Highest, 30°
2:33 PM 4°
2:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:35 AM–7:03 AM
  • Morning best color 6:59 AM
  • Sunrise 7:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:03 AM–7:41 AM
  • Moonset 2:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:14 PM–4:53 PM
  • Sunset 4:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:53 PM–5:21 PM
  • Fully dark 6:23 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:23 PM–5:33 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