Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:40 AM

5:40 AM

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

5:08 AM Blue hour
5:40 AM Sunrise
6:20 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:32 PM

8:32 PM

Behind the hills at 8:25 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

7:52 PM Golden hour
8:32 PM Sunset
9:04 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | Owl The Way Up

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 3:17 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 3:25 AM–3:25 AM, S about 7° up

Look
S
Heading away from you
When
3:17 AM
Highest around 3:19 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Moon

Last quarter

59% lit

12:35 AM – 12:12 PM

ENE W
12:35 AM Moonrise
12:55 AM 4°
6:23 AM Highest, 45°
11:51 AM 4°
12:12 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:30 PM–3:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:30 PM–12:40 AM
  • Moonrise 12:35 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:08 AM–5:40 AM
  • Sunrise 5:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:40 AM–6:20 AM
  • Morning best color 5:51 AM
  • Moonset 12:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:52 PM–8:32 PM
  • Evening best color 8:14 PM
  • Sunset 8:32 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:32 PM–9:04 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 9:15 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 9:15 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, W to ESE, 64 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 4:35 AM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Fair, look S
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:41 AM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 9:16 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, ESE to ESE, 31 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 3:38 AM 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