Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, November 23, 2025

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-30

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
12:48 AM
Highest around 12:49 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
64°
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

6:43 AM

6:43 AM

6:16 AM Blue hour
6:43 AM Sunrise
7:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:52 PM

4:52 PM

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

4:15 PM Golden hour
4:52 PM Sunset
5:20 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 11:37 PM

Very LowExcellent
6:22 PM Dark enough
7:29 PM Moonset
11:37 PM Best
5:14 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing crescent

11% lit

9:58 AM – 7:29 PM

SE SW
9:58 AM Moonrise
10:22 AM 4°
2:43 PM Highest, 28°
7:05 PM 4°
7:29 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:16 AM–6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:43 AM–7:21 AM
  • Moonrise 9:58 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:15 PM–4:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:52 PM–5:20 PM
  • Fully dark 6:21 PM–5:16 AM
  • Moonset 7:30 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:31 PM–5:16 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 17 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:14 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to NW, 19 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:02 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Fair, look W
Fri 30 Oct 2026 8:48 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:40 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:40 PM Halloween Halloween night in Lompoc - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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