Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-11-03, 18:50 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 32.71%, Maximal illumination for this day: 43.43%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-11-25, 03:55; remaining time: 21d 9h 4m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:06
Moonset:	13:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 105 km
230 594 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 374 415 km
232 651 mi
View angle: 0.537°

Nelson on map:

Nelson

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-41.27078°
Longitude:	173.28404°
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	59 200

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 34.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 23 Day, 14 hours, 4 minutes. (≈23.586 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 66°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -52.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 227.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-01	2026-11-02	2026-11-03	2026-11-04	2026-11-05
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	01:56:00	02:35:00	03:06:00	03:31:00	03:54:00
Moonset:	11:12:00	12:28:00	13:42:00	14:52:00	16:00:00

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

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