Gisborne, New Zealand

Thursday, September 3, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Thursday 3 September 2026

Rocket launch

Electron | Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading your way
When
12:01 AM
Highest around 12:10 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:15 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:15 PM to 12:25 AM
Where to look
North-northwestern horizon, up to 80° above it
Highest at
7:15 PM
Sky fully dark
7:15 PM to 4:57 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:03 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:47 PM

5:47 PM

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

5:11 PM Golden hour
5:47 PM Sunset
6:13 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

12:35 AM – 9:53 AM

NE NW
12:35 AM Moonrise
1:01 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 25°
9:27 AM 4°
9:53 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

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:03 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:11 PM Golden hour
5:47 PM Sunset
6:13 PM Blue hour ends

Moon, waning gibbous

12:35 AM Moonrise
1:01 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 25°
9:27 AM 4°
9:53 AM Moonset
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