Lompoc, California, USA

Monday, March 4, 2024

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:25 AM

6:25 AM

Clears the hills at 6:45 AM, 20 min after sunrise

6:00 AM Blue hour
6:25 AM Sunrise
6:59 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 10

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:05 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
2:05 PM
Highest around 2:06 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
47°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
2:12 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

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

Sunset

6:00 PM

6:00 PM

Behind the hills at 5:51 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

5:27 PM Golden hour
6:00 PM Sunset
6:25 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

37% lit

3:10 AM – 12:39 PM

SE SW
3:10 AM Moonrise
3:35 AM 4°
7:55 AM Highest, 27°
12:14 PM 4°
12:39 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:00 AM–6:25 AM
  • Sunrise 6:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:25 AM–6:59 AM
  • Morning best color 6:26 AM
  • Moonset 11:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:27 PM–6:00 PM
  • Sunset 6:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:00 PM–6:25 PM
  • Fully dark 7:24 PM–5:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:24 PM–3:14 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NNE, 45 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:01 PM 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 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Excellent, look W
Sat 14 Nov 2026 7:55 PM Leonids Around 11 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