Rotorua, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Rotorua (New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 16:24 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Rotorua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 11.5%, Maximal illumination for this day: 19.54%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 17:13; remaining time: 19d 0h 48m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:44
Moonset:	15:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 589 km
231 516 mi
Rotorua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 514 km
230 848 mi
View angle: 0.535°

Rotorua on map:

Rotorua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-38.13874°
Longitude:	176.24516°
Country:	New Zealand Bay of Plenty
Population:	65 901

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 13.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 25 Day, 22 hours, 43 minutes. (≈25.947 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 73°

Rotorua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -6.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 279.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	03:35:00	04:13:00	04:44:00	05:12:00	05:37:00
Moonset:	13:18:00	14:31:00	15:43:00	16:51:00	17:57:00

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

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