Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 40 an hour

Best around 3:12 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
11% 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.

Rocket launch

Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:09 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading away from you
When
4:09 PM
Highest around 4:18 PM
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

5:37 AM

5:37 AM

5:05 AM Blue hour
5:37 AM Sunrise
6:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:27 PM

8:27 PM

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

7:48 PM Golden hour
8:27 PM Sunset
8:59 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

30% lit

1:53 AM – 3:04 PM

E W
1:53 AM Moonrise
2:13 AM 4°
8:26 AM Highest, 59°
2:43 PM 4°
3:04 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:25 PM–3:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:25 PM–1:55 AM
  • Moonrise 1:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:05 AM–5:37 AM
  • Morning best color 5:22 AM
  • Sunrise 5:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:37 AM–6:16 AM
  • Moonset 3:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:48 PM–8:27 PM
  • Sunset 8:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:27 PM–8:59 PM
  • Evening best color 8:43 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Milky Way Visible 11:18 PM to 12:18 AM with no moon, 18° above the west-southwestern horizon - 1 night 15 Oct to 15 Oct
Thu 15 Oct 2026 11:18 PM 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 (3x HawkEye 360) 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 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