Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, September 26, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA Saturday 26 September 2026 High 80°F, low 52°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-385

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
7:00 AM
Highest around 7:09 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.

Satellite

International Space Station

Bright pass, NNW to NE

Rose 8:07 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNW
Rising, then up to NE
When
8:07 PM
until 8:11 PM
Visible for
3m 20s
Highest
35° NE
Ends
Fades at 34°

It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.

Full moon

Harvest Moon

Rises 6:47 PM in the E

6:47 PM – 7:56 AM

E W
6:47 PM Moonrise
7:07 PM 4°
1:19 AM Highest, 64°
7:36 AM 4°
7:56 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:47 PM in the E
Exactly full
9:52 AM
Distance
235,773 mi

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.

That morning

Sunrise

Good

6:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:27 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:16 AM Best color
7:26 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 16 camera photos of past sunrises at Big Sur, California, USA, 219 km away.

Sunset

Good

6:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
6:19 PM Golden hour
6:53 PM Sunset
7:18 PM Blue hour ends

How this day turned out

Morning
61°F
Mainly clear 40% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
77°F
Overcast 100% clouds · no rain
Evening
65°F
Partly cloudy 96% clouds · no rain

Sunrise

6:27 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:16 AM Best color
7:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:19 PM Golden hour
6:53 PM Sunset
7:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon, full moon

6:47 PM Moonrise
7:07 PM 4°
1:19 AM Highest, 64°
7:36 AM 4°
7:56 AM Moonset
← Previous day Friday Fri, Sep 25
Next day → Sunday Sun, Sep 27

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:06 PM to 9:36 PM with no moon, 19° above the south-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 3 Oct to 12 Oct
Sat 3 Oct 2026 8:06 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NE to ENE, 29 deg up
Sun 4 Oct 2026 5:06 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A Marginal, look W
Mon 5 Oct 2026 1:17 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 29 deg up
Mon 5 Oct 2026 5:42 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 5:30 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 Good, look W
Sat 10 Oct 2026 4:00 PM

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