Palmerston North, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Palmerston North (New Zealand, Manawatu-Wanganui, Palmerston North City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-08, 02:49 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Palmerston North local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.44%, Maximal illumination for this day: 11.5%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 17:13; remaining time: 18d 14h 24m 3s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:17
Moonset:	16:52

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 402 km
232 643 mi
Palmerston North ↔ Moon, nearest point: 375 647 km
233 416 mi
View angle: 0.532°

Palmerston North on map:

Palmerston North

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-40.35636°
Longitude:	175.61113°
Country:	New Zealand Manawatu-Wanganui
Population:	75 996

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 10.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 9 hours, 37 minutes. (≈26.401 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -15°

Palmerston North, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -28.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 103.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09	2026-10-10
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	04:21:00	04:51:00	05:17:00	05:40:00	06:02:00
Moonset:	14:29:00	15:42:00	16:52:00	18:00:00	19:08:00

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

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