Gisborne, New Zealand

Sunday, October 31, 2027

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

6:01 AM

6:01 AM

Clears the hills at 6:13 AM, 12 min after sunrise

5:32 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Sunrise
6:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:41 PM

7:41 PM

Behind the hills at 7:34 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

7:05 PM Golden hour
7:41 PM Sunset
8:10 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 1:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:11 PM Dark enough
1:41 AM Best
4:30 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:11 PM Dark enough
1:41 AM Best
4:30 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
31°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 9:20 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:20 PM to 11:20 PM
Where to look
West-southwestern horizon, up to 29° above it
Highest at
9:20 PM
Sky fully dark
9:20 PM to 4:21 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.

Event

Halloween

NZ holiday

Halloween night in Gisborne - waxing crescent moon

Evening from 6:00 PM

Trick-or-treat sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:40 PM
Moon
3% lit
Up from the start
Cloud at 7 PM
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
6 to 9 PM
Where the Moon is
W, 51° up
at 5:00 PM

Halloween is the evening before All Saints' Day on November 1 - All Hallows' Eve. It draws on Samhain, the Gaelic festival at the end of the harvest that marked the start of winter, when the boundary with the world of the dead was thought to be thin.

The first jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland were carved from turnips. In North America the pumpkin took their place.

Moon

Waxing crescent

2% lit

6:26 AM – 9:43 PM

ESE WSW
6:26 AM Moonrise
6:49 AM 4°
2:01 PM Highest, 75°
9:19 PM 4°
9:43 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:20 PM–4:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:20 PM–4:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:32 AM–6:01 AM
  • Sunrise 6:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:01 AM–6:37 AM
  • Morning best color 6:12 AM
  • Moonrise 6:26 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:05 PM–7:41 PM
  • Evening best color 7:23 PM
  • Sunset 7:41 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:41 PM–8:10 PM
  • Moonset 9:43 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:42 PM Mon 1 Nov 2027 7:42 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Gisborne - sunset at 7:43 PM Tue 2 Nov 2027 7:43 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 4 Nov 2027 9:16 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 5 Nov 2027 9:17 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 8:16 PM in the ENE Sun 14 Nov 2027 8:16 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:10 PM to 3:40 AM Sun 28 Nov 2027 4:24 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

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