Picton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Picton (New Zealand, Marlborough, Marlborough District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 14:30 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Picton local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 18.93%, Maximal illumination for this day: 28.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 10d 6h 16m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	12:04
Moonset:	21:33

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 177 km
228 775 mi
Picton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 327 km
226 382 mi
View angle: 0.541°

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: 24.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 21 hours, 32 minutes. (≈4.898 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 178°

Picton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 18.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 29.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	10:20:00	11:19:00	12:04:00	12:39:00	13:07:00
Moonset:	18:59:00	20:14:00	21:33:00	22:48:00	00:00:00

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

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