Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, April 20, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

6:13 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:33 PM

5:33 PM

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

4:57 PM Golden hour
5:33 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:18 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:03 PM Dark enough
10:24 PM Moonrise
4:18 AM Best
5:11 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
18°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
43% lost
Speed
49 km/s

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

Last quarter

61% lit

9:20 PM – 1:11 PM

ESE WSW
9:20 PM Moonrise
9:46 PM 4°
5:18 AM Highest, 79°
12:46 PM 4°
1:11 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:13 AM–6:40 AM
  • Morning best color 6:28 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:16 AM
  • Moonset 1:11 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:57 PM–5:33 PM
  • Sunset 5:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:33 PM–6:00 PM
  • Evening best color 5:51 PM
  • Fully dark 7:02 PM–5:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:02 PM–10:32 PM
  • Moonrise 10:24 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Bright pass, NNE to NE, 31 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 8:08 PM 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 Milky Way Visible 9:25 PM to 11:05 PM with no moon, 25° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Tue 3 Nov 2026 9:25 PM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Marginal, look S
Tue 3 Nov 2026 1:00 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