Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-24, 09:42 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 69.35%, Maximal illumination for this day: 77.73%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-30, 02:37; remaining time: 5d 16h 54m 47s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	12:28
Moonset:	03:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 403 316 km
250 609 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 403 705 km
250 851 mi
View angle: 0.494°

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: 72.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 9 Day, 14 hours, 42 minutes. (≈9.613 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 162°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -19.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 155.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-22	2026-07-23	2026-07-24	2026-07-25	2026-07-26
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	11:28:00	11:56:00	12:28:00	13:08:00	13:55:00
Moonset:	01:10:00	02:14:00	03:18:00	04:20:00	05:18:00

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

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