Timaru, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Timaru (New Zealand, Canterbury, Timaru District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 18:39 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Timaru local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 11.5%, Maximal illumination for this day: 19.54%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 17:13; remaining time: 18d 22h 33m 42s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:17
Moonset:	15:54

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 972 km
231 754 mi
Timaru ↔ Moon, nearest point: 374 049 km
232 423 mi
View angle: 0.534°

Timaru on map:

Timaru

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-44.39672°
Longitude:	171.25364°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	28 007

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 13.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 1 hours, 5 minutes. (≈26.045 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 69°

Timaru, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -26.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 258.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	04:17:00	04:50:00	05:17:00	05:39:00	05:58:00
Moonset:	13:19:00	14:37:00	15:54:00	17:08:00	18:19:00

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

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