Picton, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Picton (New Zealand, Marlborough, Marlborough District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-16, 09:48 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Picton local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 1.37%, Maximal illumination for this day: 5.35%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 15d 19h 36m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:01
Moonset:	16:53

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 375 575 km
233 372 mi
Picton ↔ Moon, nearest point: 369 608 km
229 664 mi
View angle: 0.53°

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: 3.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 18 hours, 40 minutes. (≈27.778 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -40°

Picton, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 41.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 24.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	02:40:00	03:50:00	05:01:00	06:16:00	07:34:00
Moonset:	16:08:00	16:30:00	16:53:00	17:18:00	17:48:00

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

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