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: Sunday, 2026-09-06, 12:55 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in New Plymouth local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 26.05%, Maximal illumination for this day: 36.77%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-27, 05:50; remaining time: 20d 15h 55m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:09
Moonset:	12:07

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 363 470 km
225 850 mi
New Plymouth ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 361 km
225 160 mi
View angle: 0.548°

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: 30.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 23 Day, 23 hours, 48 minutes. (≈23.992 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 49°

New Plymouth, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -6.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 300.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-04	2026-09-05	2026-09-06	2026-09-07	2026-09-08
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	00:54:00	02:05:00	03:09:00	04:04:00	04:48:00
Moonset:	10:08:00	11:02:00	12:07:00	13:21:00	14:37:00

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

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