Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, September 2, 2023

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:35 AM

6:35 AM

Clears the hills at 6:45 AM, 10 min after sunrise

6:10 AM Blue hour
6:35 AM Sunrise
7:09 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 0B

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:25 AM
Highest around 7:26 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
52°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
7:32 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:27 PM

7:27 PM

Behind the hills at 7:24 PM, 3 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

6:53 PM Golden hour
7:27 PM Sunset
7:53 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

89% lit

9:16 PM – 10:42 AM

E WNW
9:16 PM Moonrise
9:36 PM 4°
3:56 AM Highest, 66°
10:22 AM 4°
10:42 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 6:10 AM–6:35 AM
  • Sunrise 6:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:35 AM–7:09 AM
  • Morning best color 6:36 AM
  • Moonset 9:33 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:53 PM–7:27 PM
  • Sunset 7:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:27 PM–7:53 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–5:09 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:54 PM–9:24 PM
  • Moonrise 9:17 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NW to NNW, 12 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:28 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to N, 17 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:04 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:26 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:26 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 51.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:20 AM Total lunar eclipse 52% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:32 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:19 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 7:26 PM Total lunar eclipse 49% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:39 AM Partial solar eclipse 79.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:08 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:18 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it