Kaikoura, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Kaikoura (New Zealand, Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-07, 00:12 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 72.45%, Maximal illumination for this day: 80.51%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 24d 20h 33m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:04
Moonset:	12:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 403 787 km
250 901 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Moon, nearest point: 397 914 km
247 252 mi
View angle: 0.493°

Kaikoura on map:

Kaikoura

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-42.40749°
Longitude:	173.68132°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	2 172

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 80.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 19 Day, 1 hours, 42 minutes. (≈19.071 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -54°

Kaikoura, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 40.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 92.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-05	2026-05-06	2026-05-07	2026-05-08	2026-05-09
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	19:10:00	20:04:00	21:04:00	22:08:00	23:15:00
Moonset:	10:43:00	11:35:00	12:18:00	12:54:00	13:24:00

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

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