Gisborne, New Zealand

Wednesday, November 17, 2027

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

5:44 AM

5:44 AM

Clears the hills at 5:57 AM, 13 min after sunrise

5:14 AM Blue hour
5:44 AM Sunrise
6:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:00 PM

8:00 PM

Behind the hills at 7:51 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

7:23 PM Golden hour
8:00 PM Sunset
8:30 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:30 PM Dark enough
10:30 PM Moonrise
1:30 AM Best
4:13 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
28°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
41% lost
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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

90% lit

11:27 PM – 8:52 AM

NE NW
11:27 PM Moonrise
11:52 PM 4°
4:09 AM Highest, 26°
8:26 AM 4°
8:52 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:47 PM–3:57 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:47 PM–10:37 PM
  • Morning blue hour 5:14 AM–5:44 AM
  • Sunrise 5:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:44 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Moonset 7:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:23 PM–8:00 PM
  • Evening best color 7:42 PM
  • Sunset 8:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:00 PM–8:30 PM
  • Moonrise 11:27 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:10 PM to 3:40 AM Sun 28 Nov 2027 4:24 PM Geminids Active, around 25 an hour
Mon 13 Dec 2027 9:56 PM Full Cold Moon Rises 8:13 PM in the NE Mon 13 Dec 2027 8:13 PM Summer solstice Longest day, 14h 52m of light · sunset 8:32 PM in the WSW Wed 22 Dec 2027 3:42 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Gisborne - sunset at 8:33 PM Sat 25 Dec 2027 8:33 PM Christmas Day Christmas night in Gisborne - waning crescent moon Sat 25 Dec 2027 8:33 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