Gisborne, New Zealand

Friday, October 19, 2029

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Gisborne, New Zealand

That morning

Sunrise

6:16 AM

6:16 AM

Clears the hills at 6:30 AM, 14 min after sunrise

5:48 AM Blue hour
6:16 AM Sunrise
6:51 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:29 PM

7:29 PM

Behind the hills at 7:22 PM, 7 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

6:54 PM Golden hour
7:29 PM Sunset
7:57 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:59 PM Dark enough
3:59 AM Best
4:17 AM Moonset
4:44 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
32°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
6% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

90% lit

4:36 PM – 4:42 AM

E W
4:36 PM Moonrise
4:57 PM 4°
10:41 PM Highest, 49°
4:21 AM 4°
4:42 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:04 PM–4:40 AM
  • Moonset 4:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:24 AM–4:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:48 AM–6:16 AM
  • Sunrise 6:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:16 AM–6:51 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Moonrise 4:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:54 PM–7:29 PM
  • Evening best color 7:11 PM
  • Sunset 7:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:29 PM–7:57 PM

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