Lompoc, California, USA

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Lompoc, California, USA

Event

Halloween

Halloween night in Lompoc - waxing crescent moon

Evening from 6:00 PM

Trick-or-treat sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:09 PM
Moon
7% lit
Up from the start
Cloud at 7 PM
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
6 to 9 PM
Where the Moon is
SSW, 22° up
at 5:00 PM

Halloween is the evening before All Saints' Day on November 1 - All Hallows' Eve. It draws on Samhain, the Gaelic festival at the end of the harvest that marked the start of winter, when the boundary with the world of the dead was thought to be thin.

The first jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland were carved from turnips. In North America the pumpkin took their place.

That morning

Sunrise

7:21 AM

7:21 AM

6:55 AM Blue hour
7:21 AM Sunrise
7:56 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:09 PM

6:09 PM

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

5:34 PM Golden hour
6:09 PM Sunset
6:35 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 1:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:39 PM Dark enough
1:54 AM Best
5:52 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
70°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:09 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:39 PM Dark enough
2:09 AM Best
5:52 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing crescent

6% lit

9:47 AM – 7:31 PM

SE SW
9:47 AM Moonrise
10:10 AM 4°
2:39 PM Highest, 30°
7:08 PM 4°
7:31 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:55 AM–7:21 AM
  • Morning best color 7:19 AM
  • Sunrise 7:21 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:21 AM–7:56 AM
  • Moonrise 9:47 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:34 PM–6:09 PM
  • Sunset 6:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:09 PM–6:35 PM
  • Moonset 7:31 PM
  • Fully dark 7:34 PM–5:57 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:34 PM–5:57 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Lompoc - sunset at 6:08 PM Mon 1 Nov 2027 6:08 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Lompoc - sunset at 6:07 PM Tue 2 Nov 2027 6:07 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 4 Nov 2027 7:35 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Lompoc - sunset at 4:59 PM Thu 11 Nov 2027 4:59 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 11 Nov 2027 6:29 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:28 PM in the ENE Sat 13 Nov 2027 4:28 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

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