Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:46 AM

5:46 AM

Clears the hills at 5:59 AM, 13 min after sunrise

5:16 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Sunrise
6:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:58 PM

7:58 PM

Behind the hills at 7:49 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

7:20 PM Golden hour
7:58 PM Sunset
8:27 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:28 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:28 PM Dark enough
1:28 AM Best
4:15 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
29°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
54% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

5:59 PM – 4:47 AM

ENE WNW
5:59 PM Moonrise
6:21 PM 4°
11:23 PM Highest, 37°
4:25 AM 4°
4:47 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:43 PM–3:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Moonset 4:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:16 AM–5:46 AM
  • Sunrise 5:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:46 AM–6:23 AM
  • Morning best color 5:57 AM
  • Moonrise 6:00 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:20 PM–7:58 PM
  • Evening best color 7:40 PM
  • Sunset 7:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:58 PM–8:27 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 9:17 PM 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