Los Angeles, California, United States

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 1:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
1:00 AM
Highest around 1:03 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
29°
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

5:46 AM

5:46 AM

Clears the hills at 5:54 AM, 8 min after sunrise

5:18 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Sunrise
6:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:53 PM

7:53 PM

Behind the hills at 7:32 PM, 21 min before sunset

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

7:17 PM Golden hour
7:53 PM Sunset
8:21 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 7:29 PM in the ESE

7:29 PM – 5:31 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE WSW
7:29 PM Moonrise
7:51 PM 4°
12:30 AM Highest, 32°
5:09 AM 4°
5:31 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:29 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 4:55 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:18 AM–5:46 AM
  • Sunrise 5:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:46 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 5:57 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:17 PM–7:53 PM
  • Moonrise 7:30 PM
  • Evening best color 7:38 PM
  • Sunset 7:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:53 PM–8:21 PM
  • Fully dark 9:32 PM–4:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

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Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:21 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:21 PM International Space Station Brilliant pass, W to NE, 62 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 5:16 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Marginal, look WNW
Sat 14 Nov 2026 7:55 PM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:18 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 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 59% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.6% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:38 PM Partial solar eclipse 26% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.3% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 79.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:08 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:21 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it