Los Angeles, California, United States

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:44 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Crossing your sky
When
5:44 AM
Highest around 5:53 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
41°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
5:52 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward WNW

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

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:31 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

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

4:25 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:30 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

39% lit

1:51 AM – 12:12 PM

ESE WSW
1:51 AM Moonrise
2:13 AM 4°
7:01 AM Highest, 36°
11:50 AM 4°
12:12 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:31 AM–6:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:36 AM
  • Morning best color 7:04 AM
  • Moonset 11:42 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:25 PM–5:03 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:30 PM
  • Evening best color 5:07 PM
  • Fully dark 6:31 PM–5:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:31 PM–1:51 AM

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