Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-08, 01:06 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.44%, Maximal illumination for this day: 11.5%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 17:13; remaining time: 18d 16h 6m 56s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:27
Moonset:	17:01

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 097 km
232 453 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 376 973 km
234 240 mi
View angle: 0.532°

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: 11.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 7 hours, 50 minutes. (≈26.326 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 6°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -46.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 129°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09	2026-10-10
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	04:33:00	05:02:00	05:27:00	05:49:00	06:11:00
Moonset:	14:36:00	15:50:00	17:01:00	18:10:00	19:19:00

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

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