Gisborne, New Zealand

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Rocket launch

Electron | Owl Around The World

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
12:01 AM
Highest around 12:10 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

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:03 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:47 PM

5:47 PM

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

5:11 PM Golden hour
5:47 PM Sunset
6:13 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:15 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:15 PM to 12:25 AM
Where to look
North-northwestern horizon, up to 80° above it
Highest at
7:15 PM
Sky fully dark
7:15 PM to 4:57 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

12:35 AM – 9:53 AM

NE NW
12:35 AM Moonrise
1:01 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 25°
9:27 AM 4°
9:53 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 6:01 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:12 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:03 AM
  • Moonset 9:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:11 PM–5:47 PM
  • Sunset 5:47 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:47 PM–6:13 PM
  • Evening best color 6:02 PM
  • Fully dark 7:15 PM–4:57 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:15 PM–12:35 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 13 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 9:32 PM International Space Station Modest pass, S to SSE, 11 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:45 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 9:01 PM Electron | We're Not Hawking Around Fair, look S
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:49 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