Gisborne, New Zealand

Saturday, September 19, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Saturday 19 September 2026 High 63°F, low 49°F.

Rocket launch

Electron | Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 3:22 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading your way
When
3:22 PM
Highest around 3:31 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

Low

6:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
5:36 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Best color
6:02 AM Sunrise
6:38 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 16 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Sunset

Good

6:01 PM

Very LowExcellent
5:26 PM Golden hour
6:01 PM Sunset
6:21 PM Best color
6:27 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 15 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon

First quarter

51% lit

10:21 AM – 2:13 AM

ESE WSW
10:21 AM Moonrise
10:47 AM 4°
6:18 PM Highest, 79°
1:48 AM 4°
2:13 AM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning
57°F
Partly cloudy 51% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
60°F
Clear sky 2% clouds · no rain
Evening
56°F
Overcast 85% clouds · no rain

Sunrise

5:36 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Best color
6:02 AM Sunrise
6:38 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, first quarter

10:21 AM Moonrise
10:47 AM 4°
6:18 PM Highest, 79°
1:48 AM 4°
2:13 AM Moonset

Sunset

5:26 PM Golden hour
6:01 PM Sunset
6:21 PM Best color
6:27 PM Blue hour ends
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Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to W, 26 deg up
Sun 4 Oct 2026 9:24 PM Milky Way Visible 8:51 PM to 12:41 AM with no moon, 51° above the western horizon - 12 nights 4 Oct to 15 Oct
Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:51 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:00 PM to 4:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 4:50 AM 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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