Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-03, 19:02 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 88.9%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.3%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-30, 02:37; remaining time: 26d 7h 34m 24s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:08
Moonset:	09:55

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 573 km
245 798 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 935 km
245 401 mi
View angle: 0.503°

Nelson on map:

Nelson

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-41.27078°
Longitude:	173.28404°
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	59 200

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 90.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 18 hours, 22 minutes. (≈17.766 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -3°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -10.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 122.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	17:59:00	19:03:00	20:08:00	21:13:00	22:17:00
Moonset:	08:52:00	09:27:00	09:55:00	10:19:00	10:41:00

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

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