Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 01:31 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 4.14%, Maximal illumination for this day: 9.67%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 13d 14h 48m 20s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:22
Moonset:	20:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 379 362 km
235 725 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 382 671 km
237 781 mi
View angle: 0.525°

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: 4.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 23 hours, 50 minutes. (≈1.993 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -162°

Nelson, Moon position Today

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

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 193.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	07:33:00	07:59:00	08:22:00	08:44:00	09:06:00
Moonset:	18:14:00	19:28:00	20:39:00	21:47:00	22:54:00

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

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