Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, January 30, 2026

TODAY
Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading away from you
When
2:21 PM
Highest around 2:30 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

6:17 AM

6:17 AM

5:47 AM Blue hour
6:17 AM Sunrise
6:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:25 PM

8:25 PM

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

7:47 PM Golden hour
8:25 PM Sunset
8:54 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

88% lit

6:31 PM – 3:32 AM

NE NW
6:31 PM Moonrise
6:57 PM 4°
11:01 PM Highest, 24°
3:06 AM 4°
3:32 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:10 PM–4:33 AM
  • Moonset 2:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:30 AM–4:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:47 AM–6:17 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Sunrise 6:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:17 AM–6:54 AM
  • Moonrise 6:31 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:47 PM–8:25 PM
  • Sunset 8:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:25 PM–8:54 PM
  • Evening best color 8:40 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, SW to SSE, 13 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 9:24 PM Milky Way Visible 10:17 PM to 12:17 AM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 13 Oct to 15 Oct
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Wed 14 Oct 2026 8:36 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
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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

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