Bluff, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Bluff (New Zealand, Southland, Invercargill City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 00:10 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Bluff 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 9m 3s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:44
Moonset:	21:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 379 091 km
235 556 mi
Bluff ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 397 km
236 989 mi
View angle: 0.525°

Bluff on map:

Bluff

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-46.6°
Longitude:	168.33333°
Country:	New Zealand Southland
Population:	1 938

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, 24 minutes. (≈1.933 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -135°

Bluff, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -39.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 224.5°):

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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:	08:05:00	08:26:00	08:44:00	09:02:00	09:19:00
Moonset:	18:24:00	19:45:00	21:00:00	22:14:00	23:26:00

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

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