Lompoc, California, USA

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA

Meteor shower

Orionids

Around 18 an hour

Best around 5:21 AM

From 7:51 PM to 5:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15

Good

Lifts off 3:14 PM

Window: 3:14 PM - 7:14 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
3:14 PM
Highest around 3:23 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Cloud here
0% low, 43% high
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see
Go / No Go
Go
No weather forecast yet
Video
▶ SpaceX
Mission
Communications
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:11 AM

7:11 AM

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:21 PM

6:21 PM

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

5:46 PM Golden hour
6:21 PM Sunset
6:46 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

70% lit

3:26 PM – 2:30 AM

ESE WSW
3:26 PM Moonrise
3:46 PM 4°
8:58 PM Highest, 42°
2:09 AM 4°
2:30 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:11 AM
  • Morning best color 7:08 AM
  • Sunrise 7:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:11 AM–7:46 AM
  • Moonrise 3:26 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:46 PM–6:21 PM
  • Sunset 6:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:21 PM–6:46 PM
  • Fully dark 7:45 PM–5:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:35 AM–5:48 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

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 Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:35 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:29 AM Leonids Around 12 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 4:56 AM 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