Lompoc, California, USA

Friday, July 19, 2030

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:03 AM

6:03 AM

Clears the hills at 6:12 AM, 9 min after sunrise

5:34 AM Blue hour
6:03 AM Sunrise
6:39 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:13 PM

8:13 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

7:37 PM Golden hour, best color
8:13 PM Sunset
8:41 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 54 camera photos of past sunsets at Big Sur, California, USA, 219 km away.

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 3:28 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:43 PM Dark enough
10:59 PM Moonrise
3:28 AM Best
4:33 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
55% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Comet 96P/Machholz

Thought to come from Comet 96P/Machholz and the family of sungrazing comets broken from it. Its meteors are mostly faint, and it is best seen from the southern half of the world.

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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Moon

Waning gibbous

75% lit

10:59 PM – 12:01 PM

E W
10:59 PM Moonrise
11:18 PM 4°
5:28 AM Highest, 63°
11:42 AM 4°
12:01 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 5:34 AM–6:03 AM
  • Sunrise 6:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:03 AM–6:39 AM
  • Morning best color 6:04 AM
  • Moonset 11:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:13 PM
  • Evening best color 7:40 PM
  • Sunset 8:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:13 PM–8:41 PM
  • Fully dark 9:54 PM–4:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:54 PM–11:04 PM
  • Moonrise 11:00 PM

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