Waitara, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Waitara (New Zealand, Taranaki, New Plymouth District). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 00:10 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Waitara local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 4.14%, Maximal illumination for this day: 9.67%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 13d 16h 9m 5s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:18
Moonset:	20:34

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 379 091 km
235 556 mi
Waitara ↔ Moon, nearest point: 382 083 km
237 415 mi
View angle: 0.525°

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: 4.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 22 hours, 24 minutes. (≈1.933 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -136°

Waitara, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -48.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 222.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	07:25:00	07:53:00	08:18:00	08:41:00	09:05:00
Moonset:	18:13:00	19:26:00	20:34:00	21:41:00	22:46:00

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

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