Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Tuesday 7 April 2026

Rocket launch

Minotaur IV | STP-S29A

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
4:33 AM
Highest around 4:42 AM
Distance
11 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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
7:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:27 PM

7:27 PM

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

6:54 PM Golden hour
7:27 PM Sunset
7:53 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

1:15 AM – 10:38 AM

SE SW
1:15 AM Moonrise
1:39 AM 4°
5:56 AM Highest, 27°
10:14 AM 4°
10:38 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:14 AM–6:40 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:13 AM
  • Morning best color 6:48 AM
  • Moonset 9:47 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:54 PM–7:27 PM
  • Sunset 7:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:27 PM–7:53 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–5:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:54 PM–1:14 AM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, Apr 8

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Marginal, look W
Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:39 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to ENE, 29 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:38 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 5:30 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Tropical Storm Rachel Outer clouds at most, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 5:00 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 64 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:14 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 Good, look W
Mon 12 Oct 2026 4:00 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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