Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

Clears the hills at 6:32 AM, 14 min after sunrise

5:51 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:27 PM

7:27 PM

Behind the hills at 7:20 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

6:52 PM Golden hour
7:27 PM Sunset
7:55 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:57 PM Dark enough
3:57 AM Best
4:47 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
43% 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

Supermoon - rises 7:10 PM in the ENE

7:10 PM – 6:21 AM

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

ENE WNW
7:10 PM Moonrise
7:32 PM 4°
12:47 AM Highest, 40°
5:59 AM 4°
6:21 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:10 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
12:29 AM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

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

  • Fully dark 9:01 PM–4:43 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Morning blue hour 5:51 AM–6:18 AM
  • Moonset 5:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:54 AM
  • Morning best color 6:29 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:52 PM–7:27 PM
  • Evening best color 7:09 PM
  • Moonrise 7:11 PM
  • Sunset 7:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:27 PM–7:55 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