Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, December 15, 2023

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:37 AM

5:37 AM

Clears the hills at 5:43 AM, 6 min after sunrise

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

Sunset

8:28 PM

8:28 PM

Behind the hills at 8:20 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

7:48 PM Golden hour
8:28 PM Sunset
8:59 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | The Moon God Awakens

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:05 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
5:05 PM
Highest around 5:08 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
42°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Meteor shower

Geminids

Best around 2:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:58 PM Dark enough
2:58 AM Best
4:07 AM Too light
Estimate
~46/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
18°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

One of only two major showers from an asteroid, not a comet: 3200 Phaethon, a 'rock comet' that sheds dust when it passes close to the Sun. Its dust is denser than most, which is why Geminids are bright and slow.

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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Moon

Waxing crescent

5% lit

7:08 AM – 10:56 PM

ESE WSW
7:08 AM Moonrise
7:33 AM 4°
3:05 PM Highest, 78°
10:32 PM 4°
10:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:25 PM–3:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:25 PM–3:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:05 AM–5:37 AM
  • Sunrise 5:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:37 AM–6:17 AM
  • Morning best color 5:48 AM
  • Moonrise 7:08 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:48 PM–8:28 PM
  • Evening best color 8:10 PM
  • Sunset 8:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:28 PM–8:59 PM
  • Moonset 10:56 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, 56 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