Gisborne, New Zealand

Monday, October 22, 2029

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:02 PM Dark enough
3:47 AM Best
4:40 AM Too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
31°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
38% 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:12 AM

6:12 AM

Clears the hills at 6:26 AM, 14 min after sunrise

5:44 AM Blue hour
6:12 AM Sunrise
6:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:32 PM

7:32 PM

Behind the hills at 7:24 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

6:57 PM Golden hour
7:32 PM Sunset
8:00 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Micromoon - rises 7:30 PM in the ENE

7:30 PM – 6:04 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
7:30 PM Moonrise
7:52 PM 4°
12:47 AM Highest, 36°
5:42 AM 4°
6:04 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:30 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
10:27 PM
Distance
252,050 mi - micromoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Fully dark 9:08 PM–4:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
  • Moonset 5:35 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:44 AM–6:12 AM
  • Sunrise 6:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:12 AM–6:47 AM
  • Morning best color 6:23 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:57 PM–7:32 PM
  • Evening best color 7:14 PM
  • Moonrise 7:30 PM
  • Sunset 7:32 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:32 PM–8:00 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gisborne, New Zealand

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