Ashburton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Ashburton (New Zealand, Canterbury, Ashburton District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-16, 06:42 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Ashburton local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 1.37%, Maximal illumination for this day: 5.35%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 15d 22h 42m 28s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:12
Moonset:	17:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 376 170 km
233 741 mi
Ashburton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 789 km
231 640 mi
View angle: 0.529°

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%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 15 hours, 18 minutes. (≈27.638 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -60°

Ashburton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 14.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 70.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	02:45:00	03:58:00	05:12:00	06:29:00	07:50:00
Moonset:	16:19:00	16:40:00	17:00:00	17:23:00	17:50:00

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

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