Masterton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Masterton (New Zealand, Wellington, Masterton District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 18:24 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Masterton 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 2h 22m 24s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:56
Moonset:	21:27

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 713 km
229 108 mi
Masterton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 637 km
226 575 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Masterton on map:

Masterton

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-40.95972°
Longitude:	175.6575°
Country:	New Zealand Wellington
Population:	20 698

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 26.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 1 hours, 47 minutes. (≈5.074 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -143°

Masterton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 21.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 333.4°):

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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:	10:11:00	11:11:00	11:56:00	12:31:00	12:59:00
Moonset:	18:54:00	20:09:00	21:27:00	22:42:00	23:54:00

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

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