Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 3:37 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
47% lost
Speed
35 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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

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

8:22 PM

8:22 PM

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

7:43 PM Golden hour
8:22 PM Sunset
8:54 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

87% lit

11:46 PM – 9:41 AM

ENE WNW
11:46 PM Moonrise
12:09 AM 4°
4:44 AM Highest, 30°
9:18 AM 4°
9:41 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:18 PM–3:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:18 PM–11:08 PM
  • 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
  • Moonset 8:26 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:43 PM–8:22 PM
  • Sunset 8:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:22 PM–8:54 PM
  • Evening best color 8:38 PM
  • Moonrise 11:46 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