Queenstown, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Queenstown (New Zealand, Otago, Queenstown-Lakes District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 21:55 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.35%, Maximal illumination for this day: 11.48%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 16d 7h 29m 36s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:10
Moonset:	16:52

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 890 km
234 810 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 380 541 km
236 457 mi
View angle: 0.527°

Queenstown on map:

Queenstown

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-45.03023°
Longitude:	168.66271°
Country:	New Zealand Otago
Population:	10 442

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 5.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 5 hours, 51 minutes. (≈27.244 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 10°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -43.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 203.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	01:45:00	02:57:00	04:10:00	05:25:00	06:43:00
Moonset:	16:13:00	16:33:00	16:52:00	17:12:00	17:34:00

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

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