Porirua, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Porirua (New Zealand, Wellington, Porirua City). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 21:40 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Porirua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.37%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 14d 7h 44m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:12
Moonset:	17:15

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 369 423 km
229 549 mi
Porirua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 362 km
231 375 mi
View angle: 0.539°

Porirua on map:

Porirua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-41.13333°
Longitude:	174.85°
Country:	New Zealand Wellington
Population:	50 914

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.01%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 29 Day, 10 hours, 26 minutes. (≈29.435 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 94°

Porirua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -47.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 240.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	03:46:00	04:58:00	06:12:00	07:30:00	08:51:00
Moonset:	16:27:00	16:50:00	17:15:00	17:45:00	18:21:00

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

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