Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, December 15, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand Tuesday 15 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 45 an hour

Best around 3:01 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 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.

The richest shower of the year, and the radiant is up most of the night.

That morning

Sunrise

5:37 AM

5:37 AM

5:05 AM Blue hour
5:37 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:28 PM

8:28 PM

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

7:48 PM Golden hour
8:28 PM Sunset
9:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

28% lit

10:48 AM – 12:20 AM

ESE W
10:48 AM Moonrise
11:10 AM 4°
5:37 PM Highest, 62°
12:00 AM 4°
12:20 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

5:05 AM Blue hour
5:37 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:48 PM Golden hour
8:28 PM Sunset
9:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon, waxing crescent

10:48 AM Moonrise
11:10 AM 4°
5:37 PM Highest, 62°
12:00 AM 4°
12:20 AM Moonset
← Previous day Monday Mon, Dec 14
Next day → Wednesday Wed, Dec 16

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

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 Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 8:26 PM in the ENE Fri 22 Jan 2027 8:26 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:00 PM to 4:40 AM Sat 6 Feb 2027 4:56 AM Milky Way Visible 2:16 AM to 4:58 AM with no moon, 36° above the eastern horizon - 11 nights 5 Feb to 15 Feb
Mon 15 Feb 2027 2:16 AM

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