Gisborne, New Zealand

Monday, May 12, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

7:00 AM

7:00 AM

6:32 AM Blue hour
7:00 AM Sunrise
7:39 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 4:27 PM in the ESE

4:27 PM – 7:21 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE WSW
4:27 PM Moonrise
4:50 PM 4°
11:51 PM Highest, 73°
6:58 AM 4°
7:21 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:27 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
5:02 AM
Distance
251,490 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

5:08 PM

5:08 PM

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

4:29 PM Golden hour
5:08 PM Sunset
5:36 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:38 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:38 PM Dark enough
4:38 AM Best
5:31 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
58% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–7:00 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Sunrise 7:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:00 AM–7:39 AM
  • Moonrise 4:28 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:29 PM–5:08 PM
  • Sunset 5:08 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:08 PM–5:36 PM
  • Evening best color 5:26 PM
  • Fully dark 6:39 PM–5:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, WSW to N, 29 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:51 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to E, 20 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 4:44 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 Milky Way Visible 9:23 PM to 11:03 PM with no moon, 26° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Mon 2 Nov 2026 9:23 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:43 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:43 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