Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:42 AM

5:42 AM

Clears the hills at 5:54 AM, 12 min after sunrise

5:11 AM Blue hour
5:42 AM Sunrise
6:20 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:05 PM

8:05 PM

Behind the hills at 7:56 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

7:26 PM Golden hour
8:05 PM Sunset
8:35 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:35 PM Dark enough
11:59 PM Moonrise
1:35 AM Best
4:11 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
27°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
23% 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

Waning gibbous

80% lit

12:44 AM – 10:13 AM

NE NW
12:44 AM Moonrise
1:09 AM 4°
5:28 AM Highest, 27°
9:49 AM 4°
10:13 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:53 PM–3:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:53 PM–12:03 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:11 AM–5:42 AM
  • Sunrise 5:42 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:42 AM–6:20 AM
  • Morning best color 5:53 AM
  • Moonset 9:05 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:26 PM–8:05 PM
  • Evening best color 7:47 PM
  • Sunset 8:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:05 PM–8:35 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to ESE, 49 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 5:10 AM 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 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