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: Friday, 2026-08-14, 18:04 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in New Plymouth local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.8%, Maximal illumination for this day: 4.14%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 13d 22h 15m 28s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:54
Moonset:	19:27

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 872 km
234 799 mi
New Plymouth ↔ Moon, nearest point: 374 413 km
232 649 mi
View angle: 0.527°

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: 3.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 15 hours, 52 minutes. (≈1.661 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -109°

New Plymouth, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 15.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 292°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-12	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	06:52:00	07:26:00	07:54:00	08:18:00	08:42:00
Moonset:	16:58:00	18:14:00	19:27:00	20:35:00	21:42:00

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

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