Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Tuesday 28 April 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 5:56 AM

Radiant climbs to
41°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:47 AM

6:47 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour
6:47 AM Sunrise
7:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:23 PM

5:23 PM

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

4:46 PM Golden hour
5:23 PM Sunset
5:51 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

87% lit

3:29 PM – 4:01 AM

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3:29 PM Moonrise
3:49 PM 4°
9:43 PM Highest, 53°
3:40 AM 4°
4:01 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:59 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:19 AM–6:47 AM
  • Morning best color 6:32 AM
  • Sunrise 6:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:47 AM–7:24 AM
  • Moonrise 3:29 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:46 PM–5:23 PM
  • Sunset 5:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:23 PM–5:51 PM
  • Evening best color 5:39 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–5:18 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:03 AM–5:18 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to N, 14 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 8:21 PM International Space Station Brilliant pass, NW to SE, 85 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 8:30 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:00 PM to 4:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 4:50 AM Milky Way Visible 10:17 PM to 12:17 AM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 6 nights 10 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 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

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