Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, October 23, 2026

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Lompoc, California, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16

Good

Lifts off 10:29 PM

Window: 10:29 PM - 2:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
10:29 PM
Highest around 10:38 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Cloud here
0% low, 0% 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.

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

7:14 AM

7:14 AM

6:48 AM Blue hour
7:14 AM Sunrise
7:49 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:17 PM

6:17 PM

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

5:43 PM Golden hour
6:17 PM Sunset
6:43 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 5:17 AM

The night7:47 PM – 5:45 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
8% lost
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.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, SW to E

Rises 6:56 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Rising, then up to SSE
When
6:56 PM
until 7:01 PM
Visible for
5m 20s
Highest
44° SSE
Ends
Sets E

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

Moon

Waxing gibbous

93% lit

4:46 PM – 5:38 AM

E W
4:46 PM Moonrise
5:06 PM 4°
11:10 PM Highest, 61°
5:18 AM 4°
5:38 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:48 AM–7:14 AM
  • Morning best color 7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:14 AM–7:49 AM
  • Moonrise 4:46 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:43 PM–6:17 PM
  • Sunset 6:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:17 PM–6:43 PM
  • Fully dark 7:42 PM–5:50 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:42 AM–5:50 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

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 Full Beaver Moon Rises 3:57 PM in the ENE Mon 23 Nov 2026 3:57 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