Lompoc, California, USA

Thursday, October 17, 2030

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Lompoc, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

Clears the hills at 7:30 AM, 21 min after sunrise

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:24 PM

6:24 PM

Behind the hills at 6:11 PM, 13 min before sunset

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

5:50 PM Golden hour, best color
6:24 PM Sunset
6:50 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

Orionids

Best around 4:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:54 PM Dark enough
10:57 PM Moonrise
4:54 AM Best
5:40 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
49% 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

67% lit

10:05 PM – 12:37 PM

ENE WNW
10:05 PM Moonrise
10:26 PM 4°
5:22 AM Highest, 77°
12:15 PM 4°
12:37 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 6:44 AM–7:09 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:10 AM
  • Moonset 12:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:50 PM–6:24 PM
  • Evening best color 5:51 PM
  • Sunset 6:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:24 PM–6:50 PM
  • Fully dark 7:48 PM–5:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:48 PM–10:58 PM
  • Moonrise 10:58 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