Wellington, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-16, 22:53 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Wellington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 1.37%, Maximal illumination for this day: 5.35%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 05:24; remaining time: 15d 6h 30m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:58
Moonset:	16:50

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 373 161 km
231 872 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 376 687 km
234 062 mi
View angle: 0.534°

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: 1.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 28 Day, 9 hours, 1 minutes. (≈28.375 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 11°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -56°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 193.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	02:36:00	03:47:00	04:58:00	06:12:00	07:31:00
Moonset:	16:05:00	16:27:00	16:50:00	17:15:00	17:45:00

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

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