Lompoc, California, USA

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:45 AM

6:45 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:10 AM, 25 min after sunrise

6:18 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:52 PM

4:52 PM

Behind the hills at 4:29 PM, 23 min before sunset

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

4:14 PM Golden hour
4:52 PM Sunset
5:19 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:22 PM Dark enough
12:22 AM Best
1:45 AM Moonset
5:16 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
79°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
25% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

67% lit

1:06 PM – 1:45 AM

E W
1:06 PM Moonrise
1:25 PM 4°
7:25 PM Highest, 59°
1:26 AM 4°
1:45 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:18 AM–6:45 AM
  • Sunrise 6:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:45 AM–7:23 AM
  • Morning best color 6:46 AM
  • Moonrise 1:06 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:14 PM–4:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:52 PM–5:19 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:18 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:50 AM–5:18 AM

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