Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Leonids

A few an hour

Best around 4:02 AM

Radiant climbs to
13°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

That morning

Sunrise

5:43 AM

5:43 AM

5:13 AM Blue hour
5:43 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:24 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

5% lit

4:11 AM – 6:11 PM

ESE WSW
4:11 AM Moonrise
4:32 AM 4°
11:07 AM Highest, 66°
5:49 PM 4°
6:11 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:49 PM–3:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:49 PM–3:55 AM
  • Moonrise 4:11 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:13 AM–5:43 AM
  • Morning best color 5:28 AM
  • Sunrise 5:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:43 AM–6:21 AM
  • Moonset 6:11 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:24 PM–8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:32 PM
  • Evening best color 8:18 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