Gisborne, New Zealand

Saturday, June 27, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:43 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:50 AM–5:51 AM, ESE about 9° up

Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
5:43 AM
Highest around 5:52 AM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
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

7:26 AM

7:26 AM

6:56 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Sunrise
8:08 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:55 PM

4:55 PM

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:55 PM Sunset
5:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

92% lit

2:19 PM – 5:57 AM

ESE WSW
2:19 PM Moonrise
2:43 PM 4°
10:05 PM Highest, 78°
5:32 AM 4°
5:57 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:56 AM–7:26 AM
  • Morning best color 7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:26 AM–8:08 AM
  • Moonrise 2:19 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:55 PM
  • Sunset 4:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:55 PM–5:24 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Fully dark 6:30 PM–5:51 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Electron | We're Not Hawking Around Excellent, look S
Wed 21 Oct 2026 8:00 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 21 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 9:33 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SE, 16 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 8:46 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 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