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: Sunday, 2026-05-24, 23:16 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Rotorua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 50.34%, Maximal illumination for this day: 60.85%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 6d 21h 30m 19s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	13:18
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 382 569 km
237 717 mi
Rotorua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 776 km
235 361 mi
View angle: 0.521°

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: 60.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 8 Day, 9 hours, 9 minutes. (≈8.381 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -123°

Rotorua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 18.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 293.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-22	2026-05-23	2026-05-24	2026-05-25	2026-05-26
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	12:22:00	12:52:00	13:18:00	13:42:00	14:04:00
Moonset:	22:46:00	23:55:00	00:00:00	01:00:00	02:03:00

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

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