Wellington, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-14, 18:22 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Wellington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 7.84%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.16%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 20:46; remaining time: 17d 2h 23m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:47
Moonset:	15:13

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 353 km
231 369 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 374 142 km
232 481 mi
View angle: 0.535°

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: 9.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 14 hours, 30 minutes. (≈26.604 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 38°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -34°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 253.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-12	2026-05-13	2026-05-14	2026-05-15	2026-05-16
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	01:27:00	02:35:00	03:47:00	05:02:00	06:22:00
Moonset:	14:27:00	14:50:00	15:13:00	15:41:00	16:13:00

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

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