Queenstown, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Queenstown (New Zealand, Otago, Queenstown-Lakes District). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-05-26, 12:42 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 70.63%, Maximal illumination for this day: 79.34%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 5d 8h 3m 50s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:30
Moonset:	02:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 389 962 km
242 311 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 390 204 km
242 462 mi
View angle: 0.511°

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: 75.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 9 Day, 21 hours, 16 minutes. (≈9.886 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 160°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -18.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 116°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-24	2026-05-25	2026-05-26	2026-05-27	2026-05-28
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:55:00	14:13:00	14:30:00	14:48:00	15:08:00
Moonset:	00:17:00	01:28:00	02:36:00	03:44:00	04:50:00

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

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