Wellington, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-22, 06:55 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Wellington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 63.07%, Maximal illumination for this day: 71.92%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 6d 9h 24m 15s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:42
Moonset:	03:03

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 183 km
251 769 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 405 662 km
252 066 mi
View angle: 0.492°

Wellington on map:

Wellington

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-41.28664°
Longitude:	174.77557°
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	381 900

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 65.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 8 Day, 21 hours, 11 minutes. (≈8.883 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 171°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -20.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 186.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-20	2026-08-21	2026-08-22	2026-08-23	2026-08-24
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	10:20:00	10:57:00	11:42:00	12:33:00	13:32:00
Moonset:	01:00:00	02:03:00	03:03:00	03:57:00	04:43:00

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

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