Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, December 1, 2023

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:15 AM, 25 min after sunrise

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:28 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:19 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
10:19 AM
Highest around 10:20 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
47°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
10:26 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

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

Sunset

4:51 PM

4:51 PM

Behind the hills at 4:27 PM, 24 min before sunset

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Sunset
5:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

80% lit

8:50 PM – 11:29 AM

ENE WNW
8:50 PM Moonrise
9:12 PM 4°
4:13 AM Highest, 78°
11:08 AM 4°
11:29 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 6:23 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:51 AM
  • Moonset 10:54 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:51 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:18 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:20 PM–8:50 PM
  • Moonrise 8:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NW to NNW, 12 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:26 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Excellent, look W
Tue 17 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-266 Fair, look W
Wed 18 Nov 2026 8:49 AM 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