Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, March 6, 2026

TODAY
Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed (BlackSky Gen-3 4)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 12:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
12:53 PM
Highest around 1:02 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

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:42 PM

7:42 PM

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

7:06 PM Golden hour
7:42 PM Sunset
8:09 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

94% lit

8:43 PM – 10:27 AM

E WSW
8:43 PM Moonrise
9:04 PM 4°
3:32 AM Highest, 64°
10:05 AM 4°
10:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:13 PM–5:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:31 AM
  • Moonset 9:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:06 PM–7:42 PM
  • Sunset 7:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:42 PM–8:09 PM
  • Evening best color 7:56 PM
  • Moonrise 8:44 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Bright pass, W to SE, 31 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 8:32 PM 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 - 4 nights 12 Oct to 15 Oct
Wed 14 Oct 2026 10:17 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:31 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:49 PM Milky Way Visible 9:22 PM to 11:12 PM with no moon, 27° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 9:22 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