Timaru, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Timaru (New Zealand, Canterbury, Timaru District). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 04:10 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Timaru local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.49%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 14d 1h 14m 24s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:53
Moonset:	17:51

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 487 km
228 967 mi
Timaru ↔ Moon, nearest point: 370 522 km
230 232 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Timaru on map:

Timaru

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-44.39672°
Longitude:	171.25364°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	28 007

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.05%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 5 hours, 3 minutes. (≈0.211 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 53°

Timaru, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -36.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 105.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	05:14:00	06:32:00	07:53:00	09:18:00	10:41:00
Moonset:	17:02:00	17:24:00	17:51:00	18:24:00	19:08:00

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

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