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: Sunday, 2026-08-02, 07:06 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Tauranga local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 85.2%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.78%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 26d 9h 13m 42s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:04
Moonset:	08:54

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 386 611 km
240 229 mi
Tauranga ↔ Moon, nearest point: 382 557 km
237 710 mi
View angle: 0.515°

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: 90%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 18 hours, 52 minutes. (≈17.786 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -9°

Tauranga, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 20.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 281.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	18:58:00	20:01:00	21:04:00	22:08:00	23:15:00
Moonset:	08:05:00	08:30:00	08:54:00	09:18:00	09:42:00

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

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