Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, January 29, 2026

TODAY
Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-19

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
9:53 AM
Highest around 10:02 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

7:01 AM

7:01 AM

6:35 AM Blue hour
7:01 AM Sunrise
7:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:28 PM

5:28 PM

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

4:51 PM Golden hour
5:28 PM Sunset
5:54 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

87% lit

1:56 PM – 5:27 AM

ENE WNW
1:56 PM Moonrise
2:20 PM 4°
9:43 PM Highest, 83°
5:04 AM 4°
5:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:25 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:35 AM–7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:01 AM–7:38 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Moonrise 1:57 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:51 PM–5:28 PM
  • Sunset 5:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:28 PM–5:54 PM
  • Fully dark 6:54 PM–5:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NE to E, 35 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 AM International Space Station Modest pass, SSE to E, 13 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:52 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 Good, look W
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:28 PM Milky Way Visible 7:54 PM to 9:04 PM with no moon, 17° above the southwestern horizon - 1 night 12 Oct to 12 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 7:54 PM 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 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