Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, June 19, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Friday 19 June 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-179

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
1:50 AM
Highest around 1:59 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
1:58 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

5:48 AM

5:48 AM

5:19 AM Blue hour
5:48 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:17 PM

8:17 PM

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

7:40 PM Golden hour
8:17 PM Sunset
8:47 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 12:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:13 AM to 4:02 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 26° above it
Highest at
12:53 AM
Sky fully dark
10:03 PM to 4:02 AM
Sky darkness
Limited
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

28% lit

10:55 AM – 12:10 AM

E W
10:55 AM Moonrise
11:15 AM 4°
5:36 PM Highest, 65°
11:50 PM 4°
12:10 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 5:19 AM–5:48 AM
  • Sunrise 5:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:48 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:08 AM
  • Moonrise 10:56 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:40 PM–8:17 PM
  • Sunset 8:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:17 PM–8:47 PM
  • Fully dark 10:03 PM–4:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:13 AM–4:02 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to ENE, 24 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:58 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:06 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NE to NE, 16 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 5:02 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Excellent, 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 Hurricane Rachel Outer clouds at most, passing to the southeast
Sun 11 Oct 2026 9:24 AM

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