Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

A few an hour

Best around 1:34 AM

Radiant climbs to
36°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
61% lost
Speed
27 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Rocket launch

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Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
8:51 AM
Highest around 9:00 AM
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

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:25 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:49 PM

7:49 PM

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

7:12 PM Golden hour
7:49 PM Sunset
8:17 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

100% lit

8:54 PM – 6:26 AM

NE NW
8:54 PM Moonrise
9:19 PM 4°
1:40 AM Highest, 27°
6:01 AM 4°
6:26 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:30 PM–4:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Morning blue hour 5:25 AM–5:53 AM
  • Morning best color 5:39 AM
  • Moonset 5:43 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:30 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:12 PM–7:49 PM
  • Sunset 7:49 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:49 PM–8:17 PM
  • Evening best color 8:04 PM
  • Moonrise 8:54 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to S, 11 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 8:40 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 13 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 9:32 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:31 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it