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, 2026-04-18, 08:07 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Waitara 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: 13d 21h 17m 22s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:28
Moonset:	17:53

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 951 km
228 634 mi
Waitara ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 394 km
227 045 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: 0.18%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 9 hours, 32 minutes. (≈0.397 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 69°

Waitara, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 6.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 62.6°):

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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:	05:00:00	06:12:00	07:28:00	08:47:00	10:06:00
Moonset:	16:54:00	17:21:00	17:53:00	18:31:00	19:19:00

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

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