Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Tuesday 26 May 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:50 AM
Highest around 7:59 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

5:52 AM

5:52 AM

5:23 AM Blue hour
5:52 AM Sunrise
6:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:05 PM

8:05 PM

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

7:29 PM Golden hour
8:05 PM Sunset
8:34 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

82% lit

4:08 PM – 3:24 AM

ESE WSW
4:08 PM Moonrise
4:28 PM 4°
9:47 PM Highest, 44°
3:04 AM 4°
3:24 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:59 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:23 AM–5:52 AM
  • Sunrise 5:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:52 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Moonrise 4:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:29 PM–8:05 PM
  • Sunset 8:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:05 PM–8:34 PM
  • Fully dark 9:47 PM–4:09 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:27 AM–4:09 AM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, May 27

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:06 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to NNW, 30 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:35 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Marginal, look W
Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:29 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 southeast
Sun 11 Oct 2026 4:43 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it