Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 17:03 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 18.93%, Maximal illumination for this day: 28.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 10d 3h 43m 20s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	12:07
Moonset:	21:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 525 km
228 991 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 039 km
226 204 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: 25.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 0 hours, 19 minutes. (≈5.013 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -156°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 25.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 354.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	10:23:00	11:22:00	12:07:00	12:42:00	13:10:00
Moonset:	19:02:00	20:17:00	21:36:00	22:51:00	00:00:00

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

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