Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, September 21, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

62.1% of the Sun covered

Maximum at 6:59 AM

Sun covered
62.1%
Lasts
2h 13m 04.9s
5:58 AM Sunrise 0° up
6:59 AM Maximum Eclipse 11° up
8:10 AM Eclipse Ends 25° up

See the path on the map

Never look at a partly eclipsed Sun without a proper solar filter. Sunglasses, exposed film and a camera viewfinder are all unsafe.

That morning

Sunrise

5:59 AM

5:59 AM

5:32 AM Blue hour
5:59 AM Sunrise
6:34 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:03 PM

6:03 PM

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

5:28 PM Golden hour
6:03 PM Sunset
6:29 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:32 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:32 PM to 12:52 AM
Where to look
West-northwestern horizon, up to 67° above it
Highest at
7:32 PM
Sky fully dark
7:32 PM to 4:28 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

New moon

1% lit

New moon today at 7:56 AM

Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 4:20 AM

5:35 AM – 5:24 PM

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5:35 AM Moonrise
5:55 AM 4°
11:28 AM Highest, 47°
5:03 PM 4°
5:24 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:32 AM–5:59 AM
  • Moonrise 5:35 AM
  • Morning best color 5:44 AM
  • Sunrise 5:59 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:59 AM–6:34 AM
  • Moonset 5:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:28 PM–6:03 PM
  • Sunset 6:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:03 PM–6:29 PM
  • Evening best color 6:18 PM
  • Fully dark 7:32 PM–4:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:32 PM–4:28 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

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 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 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