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, 2026-04-15, 22:29 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Rotorua 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 6h 55m 28s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:42
Moonset:	16:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 777 km
234 740 mi
Rotorua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 130 km
236 823 mi
View angle: 0.527°

Rotorua on map:

Rotorua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
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: 5.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 6 hours, 27 minutes. (≈27.269 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 1°

Rotorua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -53.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 181.3°):

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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:	01:29:00	02:35:00	03:42:00	04:51:00	06:03:00
Moonset:	15:31:00	15:56:00	16:21:00	16:46:00	17:14:00

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

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