Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
1:00 AM
Highest around 1:01 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
56°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

Clears the hills at 6:02 AM, 9 min after sunrise

5:25 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:03 PM

8:03 PM

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

7:27 PM Golden hour
8:03 PM Sunset
8:31 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 7:40 PM in the ESE

7:40 PM – 5:39 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE WSW
7:40 PM Moonrise
8:02 PM 4°
12:39 AM Highest, 32°
5:16 AM 4°
5:39 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:40 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
6:59 AM
Distance
242,632 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:03 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:25 AM–5:53 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:30 AM
  • Morning best color 5:54 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:27 PM–8:03 PM
  • Moonrise 7:40 PM
  • Sunset 8:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:03 PM–8:31 PM
  • Fully dark 9:44 PM–4:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Veterans Day Veterans Day in Lompoc - sunset at 4:59 PM
Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:59 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:29 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NNE, 45 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:01 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