Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, July 24, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Friday 24 July 2026

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Active, around 10 an hour

Best around 2:44 AM

Radiant climbs to

68°

Under a perfect sky

25/hour

Moonlight

18% lost

Speed

41 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

A long, flat maximum rather than a single night.

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

6:48 AM Blue hour

7:17 AM Sunrise

7:56 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:11 PM

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

4:32 PM Golden hour

5:11 PM Sunset

5:40 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

74% lit

12:17 PM – 3:50 AM

ESE WSW

12:17 PM Moonrise

12:41 PM 4°

8:01 PM Highest, 77°

3:25 AM 4°

3:50 AM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Sunrise

6:48 AM Blue hour

7:17 AM Sunrise

7:56 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing gibbous

12:17 PM Moonrise

12:41 PM 4°

8:01 PM Highest, 77°

3:25 AM 4°

3:50 AM Moonset

Sunset

4:32 PM Golden hour

5:11 PM Sunset

5:40 PM Blue hour ends

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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 72 deg up

Wed 7 Oct 2026 8:04 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to N, 17 deg up

Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:26 AM 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 - 9 nights 7 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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