Gisborne, New Zealand

Thursday, January 22, 2026

TODAY
Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 11:52 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading your way
When
11:52 PM
Highest around 12:01 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

6:07 AM

6:07 AM

5:37 AM Blue hour
6:07 AM Sunrise
6:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:30 PM

8:30 PM

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

7:52 PM Golden hour
8:30 PM Sunset
9:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

10% lit

9:10 AM – 10:20 PM

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9:10 AM Moonrise
9:31 AM 4°
3:48 PM Highest, 59°
10:00 PM 4°
10:20 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:19 PM–4:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:19 PM–4:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:37 AM–6:07 AM
  • Morning best color 5:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:07 AM–6:46 AM
  • Moonrise 9:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:52 PM–8:30 PM
  • Sunset 8:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:30 PM–9:01 PM
  • Evening best color 8:46 PM
  • Moonset 10:21 PM
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