Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

57% of it above your horizon

Best around 6:12 AM

Moon in shadow
136%
Totality
81 min
Moon's height
3°
Above horizon
57%
3:29 AM Penumbral begins 33° up
4:28 AM Partial begins 23° up
5:31 AM Totality begins 10° up
6:12 AM Greatest eclipse 3° up
6:52 AM Totality ends Moon down
7:56 AM Partial ends Moon down
8:54 AM Penumbral ends Moon down

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

6:21 AM

6:21 AM

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:21 AM Sunrise
6:56 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Corn Moon

Rises 5:10 PM in the ESE

5:10 PM – 6:25 AM

Named for the corn harvested around this time of year.

E W
5:10 PM Moonrise
5:31 PM 4°
11:50 PM Highest, 59°
6:05 AM 4°
6:25 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:10 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
6:12 AM
Distance
229,548 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

5:50 PM

5:50 PM

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

5:15 PM Golden hour
5:50 PM Sunset
6:17 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:54 AM–6:21 AM
  • Moonset 5:59 AM
  • Morning best color 6:06 AM
  • Sunrise 6:21 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:21 AM–6:56 AM
  • Moonrise 5:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:15 PM–5:50 PM
  • Sunset 5:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:50 PM–6:17 PM
  • Evening best color 6:06 PM
  • Fully dark 7:19 PM–4:51 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Orionids Active, around 5 an hour
Mon 19 Oct 2026 8:59 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 13 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 9:32 PM 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 Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:49 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