Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 7:36 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
7:36 PM
Highest around 7:45 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

5:39 AM

5:39 AM

5:07 AM Blue hour
5:39 AM Sunrise
6:19 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:32 PM

8:32 PM

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

7:52 PM Golden hour
8:32 PM Sunset
9:03 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

1% lit

5:58 AM – 9:45 PM

ESE WSW
5:58 AM Moonrise
6:23 AM 4°
1:53 PM Highest, 79°
9:20 PM 4°
9:45 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:30 PM–3:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:30 PM–3:41 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:07 AM–5:39 AM
  • Morning best color 5:24 AM
  • Sunrise 5:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:39 AM–6:19 AM
  • Moonrise 5:58 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:52 PM–8:32 PM
  • Sunset 8:32 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:32 PM–9:03 PM
  • Evening best color 8:47 PM
  • Moonset 9:45 PM

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Every celestial event, and where else to see it