Gisborne, New Zealand

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:45 PM Dark enough
7:08 PM Moonrise
4:30 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
~8/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
32°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
69% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:26 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:15 PM

5:15 PM

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:15 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

90% lit

7:08 PM – 11:01 AM

ESE WSW
7:08 PM Moonrise
7:33 PM 4°
3:04 AM Highest, 80°
10:36 AM 4°
11:01 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 6:26 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:31 AM
  • Moonset 10:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:37 PM–5:15 PM
  • Sunset 5:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:15 PM–5:43 PM
  • Evening best color 5:33 PM
  • Fully dark 6:46 PM–5:24 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:46 PM–7:16 PM
  • Moonrise 7:08 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Bright pass, SW to ESE, 30 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 8:48 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SE to ESE, 21 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:04 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:49 PM Halloween Halloween night in Gisborne - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Milky Way Visible 9:22 PM to 11:12 PM with no moon, 27° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 9:22 PM Electron | The Sea God Surveys Fair, look S
Tue 3 Nov 2026 1:00 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