Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, January 16, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-105

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:39 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
8:39 PM
Highest around 8:48 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
8:47 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

7:08 AM

7:08 AM

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:15 PM

5:15 PM

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:15 PM Sunset
5:42 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

5:50 AM – 3:15 PM

SE SW
5:50 AM Moonrise
6:14 AM 4°
10:32 AM Highest, 27°
2:51 PM 4°
3:15 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:08 AM
  • Morning best color 7:04 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:45 AM
  • Moonset 3:16 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:37 PM–5:15 PM
  • Sunset 5:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:15 PM–5:42 PM
  • Fully dark 6:43 PM–5:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:43 PM–5:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, W to SE, 68 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:54 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 46 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 5:53 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