Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

TODAY
Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Crossing your sky
When
5:50 PM
Highest around 5:59 PM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
84°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
7:50 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:06 PM

7:06 PM

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

6:32 PM Golden hour
7:06 PM Sunset
7:31 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

46% lit

3:23 AM – 12:49 PM

SE SW
3:23 AM Moonrise
3:48 AM 4°
8:06 AM Highest, 27°
12:24 PM 4°
12:49 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:32 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 7:14 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–7:50 AM
  • Moonset 11:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:32 PM–7:06 PM
  • Sunset 7:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:06 PM–7:31 PM
  • Fully dark 8:29 PM–5:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:29 PM–3:29 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the southeast
Sun 11 Oct 2026 2:00 AM 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 4:00 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 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