Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | The Mountain God Guards

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 3:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
3:31 AM
Highest around 3:33 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
42°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

7:22 AM

7:22 AM

6:53 AM Blue hour
7:22 AM Sunrise
8:04 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:52 PM

4:52 PM

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

4:10 PM Golden hour
4:52 PM Sunset
5:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

100% lit

5:10 PM – 9:06 AM

ESE WSW
5:10 PM Moonrise
5:36 PM 4°
1:09 AM Highest, 80°
8:41 AM 4°
9:06 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 6:53 AM–7:22 AM
  • Morning best color 7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–8:04 AM
  • Moonset 8:14 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:10 PM–4:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:52 PM–5:22 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Moonrise 5:11 PM
  • Fully dark 6:28 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to W, 46 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 9:37 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:49 PM Halloween Halloween night in Gisborne - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Milky Way Visible 9:22 PM to 11:12 PM with no moon, 27° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 9:22 PM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Fair, 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