Wellington, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington City). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 19:27 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Wellington 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 21h 45m 17s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:56
Moonset:	15:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 373 110 km
231 840 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 375 268 km
233 181 mi
View angle: 0.534°

Wellington on map:

Wellington

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-41.28664°
Longitude:	174.77557°
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	381 900

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 12.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 1 hours, 56 minutes. (≈26.08 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 70°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -38.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 247.5°):

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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:	03:52:00	04:27:00	04:56:00	05:21:00	05:43:00
Moonset:	13:15:00	14:30:00	15:44:00	16:55:00	18:04:00

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

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