Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:48 AM

5:48 AM

5:16 AM Blue hour
5:48 AM Sunrise
6:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:35 PM

8:35 PM

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

7:56 PM Golden hour
8:35 PM Sunset
9:07 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 8:46 PM in the NE

8:46 PM – 5:57 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

NE NW
8:46 PM Moonrise
9:12 PM 4°
1:22 AM Highest, 25°
5:31 AM 4°
5:57 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:46 PM in the NE
Exactly full
11:03 PM
Distance
225,151 mi

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 10:32 PM–3:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Moonset 4:44 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:16 AM–5:48 AM
  • Morning best color 5:33 AM
  • Sunrise 5:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:48 AM–6:28 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:56 PM–8:35 PM
  • Sunset 8:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:35 PM–9:07 PM
  • Moonrise 8:46 PM
  • Evening best color 8:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Milky Way Visible 10:17 PM to 12:17 AM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 2 nights 14 Oct to 15 Oct
Wed 14 Oct 2026 10:17 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WSW to SSE, 16 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 8:36 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to S, 11 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 8:40 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