Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:43 AM

5:43 AM

Clears the hills at 5:55 AM, 12 min after sunrise

5:13 AM Blue hour
5:43 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

Behind the hills at 7:53 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

7:24 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Leonids

Best around 4:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:32 PM Dark enough
9:55 PM Moonrise
4:12 AM Best 4:02 AM, then too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
13°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
40% lost
Speed
71 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tempel-Tuttle (55P/Tempel-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which comes round every 33 years. When Earth runs through a fresh trail just after the comet passes, the Leonids turn into storms, as in 1833, 1966 and 2001.

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.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Moon

Waning gibbous

94% lit

11:03 PM – 7:58 AM

NE NW
11:03 PM Moonrise
11:30 PM 4°
3:30 AM Highest, 23°
7:31 AM 4°
7:58 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:50 PM–3:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:50 PM–10:00 PM
  • Morning blue hour 5:13 AM–5:43 AM
  • Sunrise 5:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:43 AM–6:21 AM
  • Morning best color 5:54 AM
  • Moonset 6:57 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:24 PM–8:02 PM
  • Evening best color 7:44 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:32 PM
  • Moonrise 11:03 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