Lompoc, California, USA

Sunday, October 21, 2029

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:13 AM

7:13 AM

Clears the hills at 7:33 AM, 20 min after sunrise

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:13 AM Sunrise
7:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:19 PM

6:19 PM

Behind the hills at 6:05 PM, 14 min before sunset

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

5:45 PM Golden hour
6:19 PM Sunset
6:45 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:49 PM Dark enough
4:49 AM Best
5:43 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
70°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
64% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

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

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Micromoon - rises 5:45 PM in the ENE

5:45 PM – 7:34 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
5:45 PM Moonrise
6:05 PM 4°
12:37 AM Highest, 70°
7:13 AM 4°
7:34 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:45 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
2:27 AM
Distance
252,050 mi - micromoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:38 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:47 AM–7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:13 AM–7:47 AM
  • Morning best color 7:13 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:45 PM–6:19 PM
  • Moonrise 5:46 PM
  • Sunset 6:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:19 PM–6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:43 PM–5:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Lompoc, California, USA

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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it