Lompoc, California, USA

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-259

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:07 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
6:07 PM
Highest around 6:16 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

Good

6:45 AM

Very LowExcellent

No one saw this one - no rating, webcam or satellite view of it. The score is the prediction.

Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
75%
Wind
3 mph
6:20 AM Blue hour
6:42 AM Best color
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:18 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 23 camera photos of past sunrises at Big Sur, California, USA, 219 km away.

Sunset

Fair

7:06 PM

Very LowExcellent

No one saw this one - no rating, webcam or satellite view of it. The score is the prediction.

Cloud
11%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
76%
Wind
9 mph
6:33 PM Golden hour
7:06 PM Sunset
7:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

31% lit

12:29 PM – 10:09 PM

SE SW
12:29 PM Moonrise
12:52 PM 4°
5:19 PM Highest, 29°
9:46 PM 4°
10:09 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 64°F Overcast
100% dry 75% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 74°F Mainly clear
39% dry 60% 11 mph
Evening 7 PM 64°F Clear sky
11% dry 76% 9 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:20 AM–6:45 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:45 AM–7:18 AM
  • Moonrise 12:29 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:33 PM–7:06 PM
  • Sunset 7:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:06 PM–7:32 PM
  • Fully dark 8:32 PM–5:21 AM
  • Moonset 10:10 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:12 PM–5:21 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:54 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NW to NNE, 18 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 6:00 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 Good, look W
Tue 20 Oct 2026 3:14 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:51 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Excellent, look W
Fri 23 Oct 2026 10:29 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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