Gisborne, New Zealand

Saturday, May 17, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:36 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:32 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | The Sea God Sees

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:17 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
8:17 PM
Highest around 8:19 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
32°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
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.

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:33 PM Dark enough
8:16 PM Moonrise
4:48 AM Best
5:35 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
42°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
62% 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

83% lit

8:16 PM – 11:50 AM

ESE WSW
8:16 PM Moonrise
8:41 PM 4°
4:07 AM Highest, 77°
11:27 AM 4°
11:50 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:36 AM–7:04 AM
  • Morning best color 6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonset 11:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–5:03 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:32 PM
  • Evening best color 5:21 PM
  • Fully dark 6:36 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:36 PM–8:16 PM
  • Moonrise 8:16 PM

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