Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:41 AM

5:41 AM

Clears the hills at 5:52 AM, 11 min after sunrise

5:11 AM Blue hour
5:41 AM Sunrise
6:19 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:06 PM

8:06 PM

Behind the hills at 7:57 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

7:28 PM Golden hour
8:06 PM Sunset
8:36 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:36 PM Dark enough
1:36 AM Best
2:42 AM Moonset
4:10 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
16% lost
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

Waxing gibbous

67% lit

2:14 PM – 3:07 AM

E W
2:14 PM Moonrise
2:35 PM 4°
8:43 PM Highest, 56°
2:47 AM 4°
3:07 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:55 PM–3:51 AM
  • Moonset 2:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:45 AM–3:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:11 AM–5:41 AM
  • Sunrise 5:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:41 AM–6:19 AM
  • Morning best color 5:52 AM
  • Moonrise 2:14 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:28 PM–8:06 PM
  • Evening best color 7:48 PM
  • Sunset 8:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:06 PM–8:36 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

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Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:30 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to NNE, 33 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 9:22 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to WNW, 55 deg up
Sun 15 Nov 2026 9:58 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