Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA
High 78°F, low 60°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 8:06 PM

The night8:06 PM – 5:32 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Low

7:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
67%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
90%
Wind
1 mph
6:36 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Best color
7:01 AM Sunrise
7:35 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

Modest pass, NW to ENE

Rose 5:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:58 AM
until 6:02 AM
Visible for
4m 20s
Highest
24° N
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Low

6:36 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
98%
Wind
6 mph
6:02 PM Golden hour
6:36 PM Sunset
7:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

5:01 AM – 5:30 PM

E W
5:01 AM Moonrise
5:21 AM 4°
11:18 AM Highest, 57°
5:11 PM 4°
5:30 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 Partly cloudy
67% dry 90% 1 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 77°F Clear sky
6% dry 74% 11 mph
Evening 7 PM 64°F Fog
100% dry 98% 6 mph
Late Night 11 PM 62°F Fog
100% dry 100% 3 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:36 AM–7:01 AM
  • Morning best color 6:58 AM
  • Sunrise 7:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:01 AM–7:35 AM
  • Moonset 5:30 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:02 PM–6:36 PM
  • Sunset 6:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:36 PM–7:01 PM
  • Fully dark 8:00 PM–5:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:00 PM–5:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NE to NE, 27 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:12 AM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 7:56 PM 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 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

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