Los Angeles, California, United States

Monday, March 30, 2026

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Los Angeles, California, United States Monday 30 March 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Crossing your sky
When
4:02 AM
Highest around 4:11 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

6:42 AM

6:42 AM

6:17 AM Blue hour
6:42 AM Sunrise
7:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:12 PM

7:12 PM

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

6:39 PM Golden hour
7:12 PM Sunset
7:37 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

94% lit

5:12 PM – 5:52 AM

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5:12 PM Moonrise
5:31 PM 4°
11:34 PM Highest, 59°
5:33 AM 4°
5:52 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:26 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:17 AM–6:42 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Sunrise 6:42 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:42 AM–7:15 AM
  • Moonrise 5:12 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:39 PM–7:12 PM
  • Sunset 7:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:12 PM–7:37 PM
  • Evening best color 7:27 PM
  • Fully dark 8:36 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Next day → Tuesday Tue, Mar 31

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Marginal, look WNW
Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:39 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 28 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:38 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:30 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Milky Way Visible 7:48 PM to 8:58 PM with no moon, 18° above the south-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 10 Oct to 12 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:48 PM Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 2:40 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 67 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:14 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 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 59% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.6% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:38 PM Partial solar eclipse 26% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM

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