Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, February 21, 2026

TODAY
Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-25

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
1:04 AM
Highest around 1:13 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

6:14 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:50 PM

5:50 PM

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

5:16 PM Golden hour
5:50 PM Sunset
6:16 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

21% lit

8:48 AM – 10:42 PM

ENE WNW
8:48 AM Moonrise
9:08 AM 4°
3:42 PM Highest, 71°
10:22 PM 4°
10:42 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:14 AM–6:40 AM
  • Morning best color 6:36 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:14 AM
  • Moonrise 8:48 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:16 PM–5:50 PM
  • Sunset 5:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:50 PM–6:16 PM
  • Fully dark 7:14 PM–5:14 AM
  • Moonset 10:43 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:44 PM–5:14 AM
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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 5:11 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481 Good, look W
Thu 15 Oct 2026 4:44 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:21 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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

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