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: Tuesday, 2026-08-04, 18:28 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Palmerston North local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 67.31%, Maximal illumination for this day: 76.95%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 23d 21h 51m 51s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	23:21
Moonset:	09:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 375 074 km
233 060 mi
Palmerston North ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 282 km
235 054 mi
View angle: 0.531°

Palmerston North on map:

Palmerston North

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-40.35636°
Longitude:	175.61113°
Country:	New Zealand Manawatu-Wanganui
Population:	75 996

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 69.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 6 hours, 2 minutes. (≈20.251 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 18°

Palmerston North, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -51.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 130.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	21:06:00	22:12:00	23:21:00	00:00:00	00:32:00
Moonset:	08:58:00	09:19:00	09:42:00	10:07:00	10:36:00

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

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