Picton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Picton (New Zealand, Marlborough, Marlborough District). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-31, 01:55 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Picton local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 96.49%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.23%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 28d 14h 24m 39s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:02
Moonset:	08:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 230 km
246 206 mi
Picton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 782 km
241 578 mi
View angle: 0.503°

Picton on map:

Picton

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-41.29067°
Longitude:	174.00801°
Country:	New Zealand Marlborough
Population:	3 000

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 99.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 15 Day, 15 hours, 57 minutes. (≈15.665 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -45°

Picton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 63.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 336.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	16:51:00	17:56:00	19:02:00	20:07:00	21:13:00
Moonset:	07:25:00	07:55:00	08:21:00	08:43:00	09:05:00

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

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