Waitara, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Waitara (New Zealand, Taranaki, New Plymouth District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 16:38 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Waitara 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 4h 8m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:56
Moonset:	21:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 467 km
228 955 mi
Waitara ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 746 km
226 021 mi
View angle: 0.541°

Waitara on map:

Waitara

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-39.00158°
Longitude:	174.23836°
Country:	New Zealand Taranaki
Population:	6 318

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 25.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 23 hours, 51 minutes. (≈4.994 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -158°

Waitara, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 359.9°):

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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:	10:09:00	11:09:00	11:56:00	12:32:00	13:02:00
Moonset:	19:08:00	20:22:00	21:39:00	22:52:00	00:00:00

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

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