Christchurch, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Christchurch (New Zealand, Canterbury, Christchurch City). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-08-05, 01:39 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Christchurch local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 56.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 67.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 23d 14h 40m 45s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	10:12

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 373 788 km
232 261 mi
Christchurch ↔ Moon, nearest point: 370 075 km
229 954 mi
View angle: 0.533°

Christchurch on map:

Christchurch

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-43.53333°
Longitude:	172.63333°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	363 926

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 66.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 13 hours, 23 minutes. (≈20.557 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -44°

Christchurch, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 17.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 51.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	22:27:00	23:39:00	00:00:00	00:53:00	02:11:00
Moonset:	09:30:00	09:50:00	10:12:00	10:39:00	11:14:00

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

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