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Lompoc, California, USA
Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Rocket launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-153
Launched - good from here
Lifted off 8:42 AM
In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.
Milky Way
Milky Way
Poor viewing
Visible from 8:41 PM
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.
New moon
New moon
Moonless and fully dark 8:50 PM to 5:10 AM
New at 8:27 PM Thu 10 Sep
The darkest nights of the month for faint things - the Milky Way, meteors, the zodiacal light. The Moon itself cannot be seen: it sits between us and the Sun, lit on its far side.
That morning
Sunrise
6:41 AM
6:41 AM
Sunset
7:15 PM
7:15 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Moon
New moon
0% lit
6:10 AM – 7:02 PM
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, new moon
Sunrise
Sunset
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