Tauranga, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Tauranga (New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 14:38 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Tauranga local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 18.93%, Maximal illumination for this day: 28.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 10d 6h 8m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:44
Moonset:	21:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 195 km
228 786 mi
Tauranga ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 864 km
226 095 mi
View angle: 0.541°

Tauranga on map:

Tauranga

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-37.68611°
Longitude:	176.16667°
Country:	New Zealand Bay of Plenty
Population:	110 338

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 24.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 21 hours, 41 minutes. (≈4.904 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -179°

Tauranga, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 23.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 26.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	09:56:00	10:56:00	11:44:00	12:21:00	12:52:00
Moonset:	19:05:00	20:19:00	21:35:00	22:47:00	23:56:00

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

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