Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA
High 77°F, low 58°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 11:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
11:32 AM
Highest around 11:41 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
11:39 AM
Land - Landing Zone 4, back toward W

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

That morning

Sunrise

Low

6:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
93%
Wind
1 mph
6:31 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Best color
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:30 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.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE

Rose 6:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Rising, then up to NNW
When
6:21 AM
until 6:28 AM
Visible for
6m 10s
Highest
70° NNW
Ends
Sets ENE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Very Low

6:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
100%
Wind
6 mph
6:12 PM Golden hour
6:45 PM Sunset
7:10 PM Blue hour ends

Satellite

International Space Station

Bright pass, WNW to SSE

Rose 7:25 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Rising, then up to SW
When
7:25 PM
until 7:31 PM
Visible for
5m 50s
Highest
30° SW
Ends
Sets SSE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:09 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:09 PM to 9:39 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 20° above it
Highest at
8:09 PM
Sky fully dark
8:09 PM to 5:33 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

70% lit

9:16 PM – 12:38 PM

ENE WNW
9:16 PM Moonrise
9:39 PM 4°
4:55 AM Highest, 83°
12:15 PM 4°
12:38 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 61°F Fog
100% dry 93% 1 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 76°F Mainly clear
26% dry 74% 8 mph
Evening 7 PM 62°F Fog
100% dry 100% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:31 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:30 AM
  • Moonset 12:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:12 PM–6:45 PM
  • Sunset 6:45 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:45 PM–7:10 PM
  • Fully dark 8:09 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:09 PM–10:19 PM
  • Moonrise 10:13 PM

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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it