Gisborne, New Zealand

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

A few an hour

Best around 1:26 AM

Radiant climbs to
29°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

That morning

Sunrise

5:47 AM

5:47 AM

5:17 AM Blue hour
5:47 AM Sunrise
6:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:56 PM

7:56 PM

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

7:19 PM Golden hour
7:56 PM Sunset
8:26 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

42% lit

2:20 AM – 1:07 PM

ENE WNW
2:20 AM Moonrise
2:41 AM 4°
7:43 AM Highest, 37°
12:45 PM 4°
1:07 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:41 PM–4:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:41 PM–2:21 AM
  • Moonrise 2:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:17 AM–5:47 AM
  • Morning best color 5:32 AM
  • Sunrise 5:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:47 AM–6:24 AM
  • Moonset 1:07 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:19 PM–7:56 PM
  • Sunset 7:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:56 PM–8:26 PM
  • Evening best color 8:12 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