Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, May 3, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Sunday 3 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 5:50 AM

Radiant climbs to
43°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
67% lost
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

6:52 AM

6:52 AM

6:24 AM Blue hour
6:52 AM Sunrise
7:29 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:17 PM

5:17 PM

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

4:39 PM Golden hour
5:17 PM Sunset
5:45 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

98% lit

5:41 PM – 9:12 AM

ESE WSW
5:41 PM Moonrise
6:05 PM 4°
1:24 AM Highest, 77°
8:47 AM 4°
9:12 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:24 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:35 AM
  • Sunrise 6:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:52 AM–7:29 AM
  • Moonset 8:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:39 PM–5:17 PM
  • Sunset 5:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:17 PM–5:45 PM
  • Evening best color 5:33 PM
  • Moonrise 5:41 PM
  • Fully dark 6:48 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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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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