Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Saturday 30 May 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-41

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
8:25 AM
Highest around 8:34 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

5:50 AM

5:50 AM

5:21 AM Blue hour
5:50 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:08 PM

8:08 PM

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

7:31 PM Golden hour
8:08 PM Sunset
8:37 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Flower Moon

Micromoon, blue moon - rises 8:05 PM in the ESE

8:05 PM – 5:40 AM

SE SW
8:05 PM Moonrise
8:29 PM 4°
12:53 AM Highest, 29°
5:16 AM 4°
5:40 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:05 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
1:45 AM
Distance
251,983 mi - micromoon, blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:59 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:21 AM–5:50 AM
  • Sunrise 5:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:50 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:31 PM–8:08 PM
  • Moonrise 8:06 PM
  • Sunset 8:08 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:08 PM–8:37 PM
  • Fully dark 9:51 PM–4:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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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 3:51 AM

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