Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Wednesday 3 June 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-47

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
8:40 AM
Highest around 8:49 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

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:10 PM

8:10 PM

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

7:33 PM Golden hour
8:10 PM Sunset
8:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

90% lit

11:18 PM – 9:18 AM

ESE WSW
11:18 PM Moonrise
11:40 PM 4°
4:19 AM Highest, 32°
8:56 AM 4°
9:18 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 5:20 AM–5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:08 AM
  • Moonset 8:19 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:33 PM–8:10 PM
  • Sunset 8:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:10 PM–8:39 PM
  • Fully dark 9:54 PM–4:04 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:54 PM–11:24 PM
  • Moonrise 11:18 PM
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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 Bright 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 4:02 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it