New Plymouth, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in New Plymouth (New Zealand, Taranaki, New Plymouth District). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 19:45 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in New Plymouth 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: 13d 9h 38m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:29
Moonset:	17:53

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 523 km
227 747 mi
New Plymouth ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 977 km
228 029 mi
View angle: 0.543°

New Plymouth on map:

New Plymouth

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-39.06667°
Longitude:	174.08333°
Country:	New Zealand Taranaki
Population:	49 168

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 22 hours, 48 minutes. (≈0.95 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -169°

New Plymouth, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -20.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 278.1°):

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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:	05:00:00	06:13:00	07:29:00	08:48:00	10:07:00
Moonset:	16:54:00	17:22:00	17:53:00	18:31:00	19:19:00

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

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