Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:51 AM

5:51 AM

Clears the hills at 6:01 AM, 10 min after sunrise

5:22 AM Blue hour
5:51 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | EarthCARE

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 3:20 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
3:20 PM
Highest around 3:21 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
47°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
3:27 PM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

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

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:36 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 10:40 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:40 PM to 1:00 AM
Where to look
South-southeastern horizon, up to 24° above it
Highest at
1:00 AM
Sky fully dark
9:50 PM to 4:07 AM
Sky darkness
Limited
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning gibbous

71% lit

1:03 AM – 11:44 AM

ESE WSW
1:03 AM Moonrise
1:24 AM 4°
6:23 AM Highest, 38°
11:23 AM 4°
11:44 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:26 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:22 AM–5:51 AM
  • Sunrise 5:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:51 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 5:52 AM
  • Moonset 10:34 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:07 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:36 PM
  • Fully dark 9:50 PM–4:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:50 PM–1:10 AM

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