Gisborne, New Zealand

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:46 AM

5:46 AM

5:15 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:35 PM

8:35 PM

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

7:56 PM Golden hour
8:35 PM Sunset
9:07 PM Blue hour ends

Event

New Year's Day

New Year's Day in Gisborne - the year's first sunset at 8:35 PM

Evening from 8:35 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:35 PM
Sun toward N
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
86% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
N, 74° up
at 1:05 PM

January 1 has opened the year since the Romans, who gave the month to Janus, the two-faced god of doors and beginnings who looks back to the old year and ahead to the new. Most of the world now counts its years by the Gregorian calendar, and New Year's Day is a holiday nearly everywhere.

The celebrations start the night before, at midnight, and roll west around the world with the clock - from the islands of Kiribati first to American Samoa last.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

91% lit

6:32 PM – 3:39 AM

NE NW
6:32 PM Moonrise
6:58 PM 4°
11:05 PM Highest, 24°
3:12 AM 4°
3:39 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 10:32 PM–3:50 AM
  • Moonset 2:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:52 AM–3:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:15 AM–5:46 AM
  • Morning best color 5:35 AM
  • Sunrise 5:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:46 AM–6:26 AM
  • Moonrise 6:32 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:56 PM–8:35 PM
  • Sunset 8:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:35 PM–9:07 PM
  • Evening best color 8:53 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Bright pass, NNE to NE, 31 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 8:08 PM 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 Milky Way Visible 9:25 PM to 11:05 PM with no moon, 25° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Tue 3 Nov 2026 9:25 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