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, 2026-07-29, 09:41 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 98.81%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.99%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-30, 02:37; remaining time: 0d 16h 55m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:00
Moonset:	08:01

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 664 km
249 583 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 401 290 km
249 350 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 99.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 14 Day, 2 hours, 36 minutes. (≈14.108 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 172°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -12.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 216.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-27	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	14:51:00	15:53:00	17:00:00	18:08:00	19:18:00
Moonset:	06:45:00	07:27:00	08:01:00	08:28:00	08:50:00

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

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