Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 40 an hour

Best around 5:32 AM

Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
48% lost
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:09 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
6:09 PM
Highest around 6:18 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
6:17 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:47 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:18 PM in the NE

4:18 PM – 7:42 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:18 PM Moonrise
4:41 PM 4°
12:02 AM Highest, 83°
7:19 AM 4°
7:42 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:18 PM in the NE
Exactly full
2:03 AM
Distance
225,151 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

5:02 PM

5:02 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
5:02 PM Sunset
5:30 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:09 AM
  • Moonset 6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:05 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:47 AM
  • Moonrise 4:18 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–5:02 PM
  • Sunset 5:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:02 PM–5:30 PM
  • Fully dark 6:32 PM–5:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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