Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, November 21, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:41 AM

5:41 AM

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

Sunset

8:05 PM

8:05 PM

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

7:27 PM Golden hour
8:05 PM Sunset
8:36 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Electron | Follow My Speed

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
1:43 AM
Highest around 1:45 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
32°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
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.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:35 PM Dark enough
12:35 AM Best
4:10 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
36°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:35 PM Dark enough
1:05 AM Best
4:10 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
29°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

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

5:38 AM – 9:14 PM

ESE WSW
5:38 AM Moonrise
6:02 AM 4°
1:24 PM Highest, 78°
8:50 PM 4°
9:14 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:54 PM–3:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:54 PM–3:52 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:11 AM–5:41 AM
  • Morning best color 5:30 AM
  • Moonrise 5:38 AM
  • Sunrise 5:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:41 AM–6:19 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:27 PM–8:05 PM
  • Sunset 8:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:05 PM–8:36 PM
  • Evening best color 8:23 PM
  • Moonset 9:15 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Halloween Halloween night in Gisborne - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 89 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:57 AM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:42 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:42 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:43 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:43 PM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Good, look S
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:00 AM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 9:16 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