Wellington, New Zealand Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-01, 12:51 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Wellington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 91.78%, Maximal illumination for this day: 96.49%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 16:19; remaining time: 27d 3h 28m 19s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:04
Moonset:	08:40

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 390 122 km
242 411 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 169 km
243 683 mi
View angle: 0.511°

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: 94.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 1 hours, 12 minutes. (≈17.05 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 26°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -36.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 205.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02	2026-08-03
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	17:53:00	18:59:00	20:04:00	21:10:00	22:16:00
Moonset:	07:52:00	08:18:00	08:40:00	09:02:00	09:22:00

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

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