Lompoc, California, USA

Monday, December 25, 2023

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:34 AM, 28 min after sunrise

6:38 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:57 PM

4:57 PM

Behind the hills at 4:33 PM, 24 min before sunset

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

4:18 PM Golden hour, best color
4:57 PM Sunset
5:25 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 52 camera photos of past sunsets at Big Sur, California, USA, 219 km away.

Event

Christmas Day

Christmas night in Lompoc - full moon

Evening from 4:57 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:57 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
99% lit
Up from the start
Where the Moon is
S, 83° up
at 11:27 PM

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. By the fourth century the church in Rome kept it on December 25, close to the winter solstice, when midwinter festivals of light were already held - and lights, evergreens and the star on the tree still brighten the darkest time of the year.

Many Orthodox churches, which follow the older Julian calendar, keep it on January 7.

Moon

Full moon

98% lit

3:43 PM – 7:07 AM

ENE WNW
3:43 PM Moonrise
4:06 PM 4°
11:24 PM Highest, 83°
6:44 AM 4°
7:07 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:06 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:38 AM–7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:45 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Moonrise 3:43 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:18 PM–4:57 PM
  • Sunset 4:57 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:57 PM–5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 6:27 PM–5:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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