Los Angeles, California, United States

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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Los Angeles, California, United States Wednesday 2 September 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-23

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 1:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
1:42 AM
Highest around 1:51 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
41°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 8:44 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:44 PM to 10:14 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 26° above it
Highest at
8:44 PM
Sky fully dark
8:44 PM to 5:01 AM
Sky darkness
None
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:17 PM

7:17 PM

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

6:44 PM Golden hour
7:17 PM Sunset
7:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

67% lit

9:42 PM – 12:16 PM

ENE WNW
9:42 PM Moonrise
10:02 PM 4°
4:55 AM Highest, 78°
11:54 AM 4°
12:16 PM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Moon, waning gibbous

9:42 PM Moonrise
10:02 PM 4°
4:55 AM Highest, 78°
11:54 AM 4°
12:16 PM Moonset

Sunrise

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:44 PM Golden hour
7:17 PM Sunset
7:43 PM Blue hour ends
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