Gisborne, New Zealand

Thursday, December 25, 2025

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:41 AM

5:41 AM

5:09 AM Blue hour
5:41 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:33 PM

8:33 PM

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

7:54 PM Golden hour
8:33 PM Sunset
9:05 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Christmas Day

Christmas night in Gisborne - waxing crescent moon

Evening from 8:33 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:33 PM
Sun toward N
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
17% lit
Up from the start
Where the Moon is
N, 63° up
at 5:03 PM

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. By the fourth century the church in Rome kept it on December 25, close to the winter solstice, when midwinter festivals of light were already held - and lights, evergreens and the star on the tree still brighten the darkest time of the year.

Many Orthodox churches, which follow the older Julian calendar, keep it on January 7.

Moon

Waxing crescent

22% lit

10:12 AM – 11:52 PM

ESE W
10:12 AM Moonrise
10:34 AM 4°
5:05 PM Highest, 63°
11:31 PM 4°
11:52 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:31 PM–3:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:31 PM–3:44 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:09 AM–5:41 AM
  • Morning best color 5:30 AM
  • Sunrise 5:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:41 AM–6:21 AM
  • Moonrise 10:12 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:54 PM–8:33 PM
  • Sunset 8:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:33 PM–9:05 PM
  • Evening best color 8:51 PM
  • Moonset 11:52 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to ESE, 57 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 5:19 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNE to E, 34 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 4:22 AM Halloween Halloween night in Gisborne - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM 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
Mon 2 Nov 2026 9:45 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