Lompoc, California, USA

Saturday, September 26, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA
High 80°F, low 52°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-385

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:00 AM
Highest around 7:09 AM
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

6:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
40%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
91%
Wind
3 mph
6:27 AM Blue hour
6:49 AM Best color
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:26 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

Good

6:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
96%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
81%
Wind
18 mph
6:19 PM Golden hour
6:53 PM Sunset
7:18 PM Blue hour ends

Satellite

International Space Station

Bright pass, NNW to NE

Rose 8:07 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNW
Rising, then up to NE
When
8:07 PM
until 8:11 PM
Visible for
3m 20s
Highest
35° NE
Ends
Fades at 34°

It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.

Full moon

Full Harvest Moon

Rises 6:47 PM in the E

6:47 PM – 7:56 AM

The full moon nearest the September equinox. It rises soon after sunset several evenings running, giving farmers extra light to bring the harvest in.

E W
6:47 PM Moonrise
7:07 PM 4°
1:19 AM Highest, 64°
7:36 AM 4°
7:56 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:47 PM in the E
Exactly full
9:52 AM
Distance
235,773 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.

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 61°F Mainly clear
40% dry 91% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 77°F Overcast
100% dry 53% 13 mph
Evening 7 PM 65°F Partly cloudy
96% dry 81% 18 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:27 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Moonset 6:51 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:26 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:19 PM–6:53 PM
  • Moonrise 6:48 PM
  • Sunset 6:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:53 PM–7:18 PM
  • Fully dark 8:16 PM–5:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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 Fair, 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 Good, 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