Porirua, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Porirua (New Zealand, Wellington, Porirua City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-08, 08:43 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Porirua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.44%, Maximal illumination for this day: 11.5%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 17:13; remaining time: 18d 8h 29m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:21
Moonset:	16:55

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 375 475 km
233 309 mi
Porirua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 370 311 km
230 100 mi
View angle: 0.53°

Porirua on map:

Porirua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-41.13333°
Longitude:	174.85°
Country:	New Zealand Wellington
Population:	50 914

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 9.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 15 hours, 47 minutes. (≈26.658 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -18°

Porirua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 32.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 42.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09	2026-10-10
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	04:26:00	04:55:00	05:21:00	05:43:00	06:05:00
Moonset:	14:30:00	15:44:00	16:55:00	18:04:00	19:12:00

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

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