Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, December 5, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:36 AM

5:36 AM

5:05 AM Blue hour
5:36 AM Sunrise
6:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:20 PM

8:20 PM

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

7:40 PM Golden hour
8:20 PM Sunset
8:51 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Supermoon - rises 9:00 PM in the NE

9:00 PM – 6:00 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter.

NE NW
9:00 PM Moonrise
9:27 PM 4°
1:30 AM Highest, 23°
5:33 AM 4°
6:00 AM Moonset

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

Rises
9:00 PM in the NE
Exactly full
12:15 PM
Distance
221,888 mi - supermoon

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.

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:15 PM–3:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Moonset 5:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:05 AM–5:36 AM
  • Morning best color 5:21 AM
  • Sunrise 5:36 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:36 AM–6:15 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:40 PM–8:20 PM
  • Sunset 8:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:20 PM–8:51 PM
  • Evening best color 8:35 PM
  • Moonrise 9:00 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 1:00 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