Gisborne, New Zealand

Monday, November 25, 2024

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:39 AM

5:39 AM

Clears the hills at 5:45 AM, 6 min after sunrise

5:08 AM Blue hour
5:39 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:10 PM

8:10 PM

Behind the hills at 8:02 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

7:31 PM Golden hour
8:10 PM Sunset
8:41 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | Ice AIS Baby

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 4:55 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading away from you
When
4:55 PM
Highest around 4:57 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:40 PM Dark enough
1:25 AM Best
2:33 AM Moonrise
4:08 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
No interference
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 crescent

32% lit

2:33 AM – 2:24 PM

E W
2:33 AM Moonrise
2:53 AM 4°
8:27 AM Highest, 47°
2:03 PM 4°
2:24 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:01 PM–3:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:01 PM–2:41 AM
  • Moonrise 2:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:08 AM–5:39 AM
  • Sunrise 5:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:39 AM–6:17 AM
  • Morning best color 5:50 AM
  • Moonset 2:24 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:31 PM–8:10 PM
  • Evening best color 7:52 PM
  • Sunset 8:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:10 PM–8:41 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 9:16 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 9:16 PM 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 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