Los Angeles, California, United States

Sunday, March 8, 2026

TODAY
Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-18

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Crossing your sky
When
4:00 AM
Highest around 4:09 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
41°
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

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:55 PM

6:55 PM

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

6:21 PM Golden hour
6:55 PM Sunset
7:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

74% lit

12:25 AM – 10:17 AM

ESE SW
12:25 AM Moonrise
12:48 AM 4°
5:21 AM Highest, 31°
9:54 AM 4°
10:17 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:47 AM–7:12 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:45 AM
  • Moonset 9:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:21 PM–6:55 PM
  • Sunset 6:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:55 PM–7:20 PM
  • Evening best color 7:09 PM
  • Fully dark 8:18 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:18 PM–12:28 AM
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