Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | A Sky Full of SARs

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:18 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Heading your way
When
1:18 AM
Highest around 1:20 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
54°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

6:57 AM

6:57 AM

Clears the hills at 7:10 AM, 13 min after sunrise

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:57 AM Sunrise
7:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:28 PM

5:28 PM

Behind the hills at 5:23 PM, 5 min before sunset

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

4:50 PM Golden hour
5:28 PM Sunset
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 12:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:58 AM to 3:28 AM
Where to look
West-southwestern horizon, up to 34° above it
Highest at
12:58 AM
Sky fully dark
6:58 PM to 5:26 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

First quarter

44% lit

10:18 AM – 12:55 AM

ESE WSW
10:18 AM Moonrise
10:39 AM 4°
5:32 PM Highest, 71°
12:32 AM 4°
12:55 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:57 AM
  • Sunrise 6:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:57 AM–7:35 AM
  • Morning best color 7:08 AM
  • Moonrise 10:18 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:50 PM–5:28 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:28 PM–5:55 PM
  • Fully dark 6:58 PM–5:26 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:58 AM–5:26 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 9:24 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 9:24 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to NE, 35 deg up
Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:38 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 12 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 5:15 AM Electron | The Mountain God Rises Fair, look S
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:30 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