Ashburton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Ashburton (New Zealand, Canterbury, Ashburton District). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 00:17 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Ashburton local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 4.14%, Maximal illumination for this day: 9.67%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 13d 16h 2m 12s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:30
Moonset:	20:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 379 114 km
235 571 mi
Ashburton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 785 km
237 230 mi
View angle: 0.525°

Ashburton on map:

Ashburton

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-43.89834°
Longitude:	171.73011°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	30 100

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 4.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 22 hours, 31 minutes. (≈1.938 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -138°

Ashburton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -44.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 220.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	07:45:00	08:09:00	08:30:00	08:49:00	09:09:00
Moonset:	18:15:00	19:33:00	20:46:00	21:57:00	23:06:00

Ashburton moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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