Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, March 1, 2026

TODAY
Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-23

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
2:10 AM
Highest around 2:19 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

6:30 AM

6:30 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:30 AM Sunrise
7:04 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:57 PM

5:57 PM

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

5:23 PM Golden hour
5:57 PM Sunset
6:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

97% lit

4:23 PM – 6:05 AM

ENE WNW
4:23 PM Moonrise
4:44 PM 4°
11:18 PM Highest, 69°
5:45 AM 4°
6:05 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:34 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:05 AM–6:30 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Sunrise 6:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:30 AM–7:04 AM
  • Moonrise 4:23 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:23 PM–5:57 PM
  • Sunset 5:57 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:57 PM–6:23 PM
  • Fully dark 7:21 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 64 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:14 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NE to E, 35 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 Good, look W
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:11 PM Milky Way Visible 7:54 PM to 9:04 PM with no moon, 17° above the southwestern horizon - 2 nights 11 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 Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:21 AM 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