Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

6:21 AM

6:21 AM

Clears the hills at 6:34 AM, 13 min after sunrise

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:21 AM Sunrise
6:56 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:25 PM

7:25 PM

Behind the hills at 7:18 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

6:50 PM Golden hour
7:25 PM Sunset
7:53 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:55 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:55 PM Dark enough
3:55 AM Best
4:50 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
31°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
22% 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

Waxing gibbous

91% lit

4:37 PM – 5:26 AM

E W
4:37 PM Moonrise
4:58 PM 4°
11:04 PM Highest, 55°
5:05 AM 4°
5:26 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 8:59 PM–4:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Moonset 5:00 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:54 AM–6:21 AM
  • Sunrise 6:21 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:21 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:32 AM
  • Moonrise 4:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:50 PM–7:25 PM
  • Evening best color 7:07 PM
  • Sunset 7:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:25 PM–7:53 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Modest pass, ESE to ESE, 19 deg up
Fri 6 Nov 2026 3:15 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:40 PM to 4:00 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 8:01 PM Electron | The Mountain God Rises Fair, look S
Sat 14 Nov 2026 1:00 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 7:55 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 7:55 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Gisborne - sunset at 8:19 PM Sat 5 Dec 2026 8:19 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:30 PM to 3:40 AM Wed 9 Dec 2026 1:50 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 6:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 68.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 4:24 PM Partial lunar eclipse 90% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 6:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 3:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 93.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 10:59 AM Partial solar eclipse 17.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 27 Feb 2036 6:56 PM Partial solar eclipse 98.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 13 Jul 2037 3:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 96% of the Sun covered
Sun 26 Dec 2038 2:29 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it