Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, June 19, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Friday 19 June 2026

Rocket launch

Electron | VICTUS HAZE Puma

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading away from you
When
10:19 PM
Highest around 10:28 PM
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

7:25 AM

7:25 AM

6:55 AM Blue hour
7:25 AM Sunrise
8:07 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:53 PM

4:53 PM

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

4:11 PM Golden hour
4:53 PM Sunset
5:22 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 9:38 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:38 PM to 5:50 AM
Where to look
Northern horizon, up to 80° above it
Highest at
11:58 PM
Sky fully dark
6:28 PM to 5:50 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

20% lit

10:44 AM – 9:32 PM

ENE WNW
10:44 AM Moonrise
11:06 AM 4°
4:08 PM Highest, 37°
9:10 PM 4°
9:32 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:55 AM–7:25 AM
  • Morning best color 7:08 AM
  • Sunrise 7:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:25 AM–8:07 AM
  • Moonrise 10:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:11 PM–4:53 PM
  • Sunset 4:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:53 PM–5:22 PM
  • Evening best color 5:09 PM
  • Fully dark 6:28 PM–5:50 AM
  • Moonset 9:32 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:38 PM–5:50 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 28 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:28 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to N, 25 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:42 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:00 PM to 4:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 4:50 AM Milky Way Visible 8:54 PM to 12:34 AM with no moon, 48° above the western horizon - 8 nights 8 Oct to 15 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 8:54 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

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