Nelson, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nelson (New Zealand, Nelson City). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-07, 00:39 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.56%, Maximal illumination for this day: 26.05%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-27, 05:50; remaining time: 20d 4h 10m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:15
Moonset:	13:16

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 363 920 km
226 129 mi
Nelson ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 992 km
227 417 mi
View angle: 0.547°

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: 25.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 24 Day, 12 hours, 38 minutes. (≈24.526 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -16°

Nelson, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -37.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 85.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-05	2026-09-06	2026-09-07	2026-09-08	2026-09-09
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	02:17:00	03:22:00	04:15:00	04:58:00	05:32:00
Moonset:	10:56:00	12:02:00	13:16:00	14:33:00	15:51:00

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

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