Los Angeles, California, United States

Sunday, May 3, 2026

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 12:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Crossing your sky
When
12:00 AM
Highest around 12:03 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
19°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
12:07 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward WNW

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:01 AM

6:01 AM

5:34 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Sunrise
6:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:38 PM

7:38 PM

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

7:03 PM Golden hour
7:38 PM Sunset
8:05 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

96% lit

10:01 PM – 7:35 AM

SE SW
10:01 PM Moonrise
10:25 PM 4°
2:48 AM Highest, 29°
7:12 AM 4°
7:35 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:34 AM–6:01 AM
  • Sunrise 6:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:01 AM–6:35 AM
  • Morning best color 6:14 AM
  • Moonset 6:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:03 PM–7:38 PM
  • Sunset 7:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:38 PM–8:05 PM
  • Evening best color 7:52 PM
  • Fully dark 9:11 PM–4:26 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:11 PM–10:01 PM
  • Moonrise 10:01 PM

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Every celestial event, and where else to see it