Gisborne, New Zealand

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Wednesday 18 November 2026

Meteor shower

Leonids

A few an hour

Best around 4:50 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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.

Modest most years, and the source of the greatest storms on record roughly every thirty-three.

That morning

Sunrise

5:43 AM

5:43 AM

5:13 AM Blue hour
5:43 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:24 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

55% lit

12:59 PM – 2:18 AM

E W
12:59 PM Moonrise
1:20 PM 4°
7:42 PM Highest, 60°
1:58 AM 4°
2:18 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

5:13 AM Blue hour
5:43 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:24 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon, first quarter

12:59 PM Moonrise
1:20 PM 4°
7:42 PM Highest, 60°
1:58 AM 4°
2:18 AM Moonset
← Previous day Tuesday Tue, Nov 17
Next day → Thursday Thu, Nov 19

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Beaver Moon Rises 7:55 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 7:55 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:30 PM to 3:40 AM Wed 9 Dec 2026 1:50 PM Geminids Around 43 an hour
Mon 14 Dec 2026 3:12 AM Summer solstice Longest day, 14h 52m of light · sunset 8:32 PM in the WSW Tue 22 Dec 2026 9:50 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 9:01 PM in the NE Thu 24 Dec 2026 9:01 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:40 PM to 3:50 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:23 AM

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