Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 03:31 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.49%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 14d 1h 53m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:37
Moonset:	17:51

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 578 km
229 024 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 132 km
230 611 mi
View angle: 0.54°

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: 0.04%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 4 hours, 19 minutes. (≈0.18 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 48°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -42.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 109.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	05:04:00	06:19:00	07:37:00	08:58:00	10:19:00
Moonset:	16:56:00	17:21:00	17:51:00	18:27:00	19:14:00

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

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