Porirua, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Porirua (New Zealand, Wellington, Porirua City). Current time: Friday, 2026-08-07, 12:46 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Porirua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 34.25%, Maximal illumination for this day: 45.45%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 21d 3h 33m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	01:53
Moonset:	11:14

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 560 km
227 149 mi
Porirua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 280 km
226 974 mi
View angle: 0.545°

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: 39.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 23 Day, 3 hours, 31 minutes. (≈23.147 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 37°

Porirua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -13.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 291.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08	2026-08-09
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	00:00:00	00:38:00	01:53:00	03:09:00	04:21:00
Moonset:	10:08:00	10:37:00	11:14:00	12:00:00	12:59:00

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

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