Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Tuesday 5 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Around 12 an hour

Best around 5:07 AM

Radiant climbs to
30°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
45% lost
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-29

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:59 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
8:59 PM
Highest around 9:08 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

That morning

Sunrise

6:07 AM

6:07 AM

5:39 AM Blue hour
6:07 AM Sunrise
6:42 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:49 PM

7:49 PM

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

7:14 PM Golden hour
7:49 PM Sunset
8:17 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

86% lit

11:57 PM – 9:27 AM

SE SW
11:57 PM Moonrise
12:21 AM 4°
4:42 AM Highest, 28°
9:03 AM 4°
9:27 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 5:39 AM–6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:07 AM–6:42 AM
  • Morning best color 6:15 AM
  • Moonset 8:32 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:14 PM–7:49 PM
  • Sunset 7:49 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:49 PM–8:17 PM
  • Fully dark 9:24 PM–4:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:24 PM–12:04 AM
  • Moonrise 11:58 PM
← Previous day Monday Mon, May 4
Next day → Wednesday Wed, May 6

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 Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 5:23 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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