Gisborne, New Zealand

Saturday, September 19, 2026

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Gisborne, New Zealand
High 63°F, low 49°F.

Rocket launch

Electron | Owl By The Dozen

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 3:22 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
3:22 PM
Highest around 3:31 PM
Distance
42 mi
Climbs to
72°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

Low

6:02 AM

Very LowExcellent

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Cloud
51%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
84%
Wind
5 mph
5:36 AM Blue hour
5:48 AM Best color
6:02 AM Sunrise
6:38 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Sunset

Good

6:01 PM

Very LowExcellent

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Cloud
85%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
92%
Wind
4 mph
5:26 PM Golden hour
6:01 PM Sunset
6:16 PM Best color
6:27 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon

First quarter

51% lit

10:21 AM – 2:13 AM

ESE WSW
10:21 AM Moonrise
10:47 AM 4°
6:18 PM Highest, 79°
1:48 AM 4°
2:13 AM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 57°F Partly cloudy
51% dry 84% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 60°F Clear sky
2% dry 91% 7 mph
Evening 7 PM 56°F Overcast
85% dry 92% 4 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:23 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:36 AM–6:02 AM
  • Morning best color 5:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:02 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:02 AM–6:38 AM
  • Moonrise 10:21 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:26 PM–6:01 PM
  • Sunset 6:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:01 PM–6:27 PM
  • Evening best color 6:16 PM
  • Fully dark 7:29 PM–4:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:19 AM–4:32 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