Kingston, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Kingston (New Zealand, Otago, Queenstown-Lakes District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 14:54 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kingston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 18.93%, Maximal illumination for this day: 28.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 10d 5h 52m 7s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	12:41
Moonset:	21:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 231 km
228 808 mi
Kingston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 732 km
226 634 mi
View angle: 0.541°

Kingston on map:

Kingston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-45.33333°
Longitude:	168.7°
Country:	New Zealand Otago
Population:	2 460

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 24.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 21 hours, 59 minutes. (≈4.916 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 178°

Kingston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 15.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 28.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	11:02:00	11:59:00	12:41:00	13:12:00	13:36:00
Moonset:	19:02:00	20:19:00	21:41:00	23:01:00	00:00:00

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

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