Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:39 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:40 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:28 PM

7:28 PM

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

6:53 PM Golden hour
7:28 PM Sunset
7:54 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | The Lightning God Reigns

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 1:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
1:00 PM
Highest around 1:02 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
42°
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.

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

66% of it above your horizon

Best around 7:59 PM

Moon in shadow
118%
Totality
64 min
Moon's height
6°
Above horizon
66%
4:59 PM Penumbral begins Moon down
6:11 PM Partial begins Moon down
7:27 PM Totality begins 0° up
7:59 PM Greatest eclipse 6° up
8:31 PM Totality ends 13° up
9:47 PM Partial ends 26° up
10:59 PM Penumbral ends 38° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

Moon

Full moon

100% lit

7:46 PM – 8:35 AM

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7:46 PM Moonrise
8:06 PM 4°
2:08 AM Highest, 56°
8:14 AM 4°
8:35 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 8:57 PM–5:37 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Morning blue hour 6:39 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:40 AM
  • Moonset 7:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:53 PM–7:28 PM
  • Sunset 7:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:28 PM–7:54 PM
  • Evening best color 7:45 PM
  • Moonrise 7:46 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNE to E, 34 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 4:22 AM Halloween Halloween night in Gisborne - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:42 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:42 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:43 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:43 PM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Fair, look S
Mon 2 Nov 2026 9:45 PM Milky Way Visible 9:27 PM to 10:57 PM with no moon, 24° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Wed 4 Nov 2026 9:27 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