Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

7:08 AM

7:08 AM

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:23 PM

7:23 PM

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

6:48 PM Golden hour
7:23 PM Sunset
7:49 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | High Five

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 2:31 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading away from you
When
2:31 PM
Highest around 2:33 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

8:53 PM – 11:36 AM

ESE WSW
8:53 PM Moonrise
9:15 PM 4°
4:11 AM Highest, 72°
11:12 AM 4°
11:36 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 8:52 PM–5:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:08 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:43 AM
  • Moonset 10:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:48 PM–7:23 PM
  • Sunset 7:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:23 PM–7:49 PM
  • Evening best color 7:41 PM
  • Moonrise 8:53 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