Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:40 AM

5:40 AM

Clears the hills at 5:48 AM, 8 min after sunrise

5:09 AM Blue hour
5:40 AM Sunrise
6:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:08 PM

8:08 PM

Behind the hills at 8:00 PM, 8 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:08 PM Sunset
8:39 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:38 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:38 PM Dark enough
1:38 AM Best
4:09 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
27°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

New moon

0% lit

New moon today at 12:00 PM

Moonless and fully dark 10:00 PM to 3:40 AM

5:27 AM – 8:34 PM

ESE WSW
5:27 AM Moonrise
5:50 AM 4°
12:55 PM Highest, 74°
8:10 PM 4°
8:34 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:58 PM–3:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:58 PM–3:49 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:09 AM–5:40 AM
  • Moonrise 5:28 AM
  • Sunrise 5:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:40 AM–6:18 AM
  • Morning best color 5:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:08 PM
  • Evening best color 7:50 PM
  • Sunset 8:08 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:08 PM–8:39 PM
  • Moonset 8:34 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6 No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7 No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 Electron | StriX Launch 14 No date yet - NET November 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to WSW, 23 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 10:38 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 7:55 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 7:55 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 6:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 68.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 4:24 PM Partial lunar eclipse 90% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 6:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 3:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 93.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 10:59 AM Partial solar eclipse 17.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 27 Feb 2036 6:56 PM Partial solar eclipse 98.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 13 Jul 2037 3:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 96% of the Sun covered
Sun 26 Dec 2038 2:29 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it