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Gisborne, New Zealand
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Rocket launch
Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)
Launched - fair from here
Lifted off 12:39 PM
In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.
Satellite
Tiangong space station
Modest pass, N to ENE
Rose 6:35 PM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Satellite
Tiangong space station
Modest pass, WNW to WNW
Rose 8:10 PM
It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.
Full moon
Harvest Moon
Rises 5:38 PM in the E
5:38 PM – 6:41 AM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.
That morning
Sunrise
Low
5:49 AM
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
Low
6:08 PM
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 15 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.
How this day turned out
Sunrise
Sunset
Moon, full moon
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