Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | The Harvest Goddess Thrives

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:10 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
4:10 PM
Highest around 4:19 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:37 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:22 PM

5:22 PM

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

4:43 PM Golden hour
5:22 PM Sunset
5:50 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

81% lit

12:53 PM – 4:51 AM

ESE SW
12:53 PM Moonrise
1:18 PM 4°
8:52 PM Highest, 80°
4:26 AM 4°
4:51 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:55 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:37 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonrise 12:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:43 PM–5:22 PM
  • Sunset 5:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:22 PM–5:50 PM
  • Evening best color 5:37 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:53 AM–5:33 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, S to SSE, 11 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:45 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 9:01 PM Electron | We're Not Hawking Around Fair, look S
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:00 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 21 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 9:33 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 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