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Rarotonga, Cook Islands — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, January 2026

Moon: 88.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 5:23:10 pm
Moon Direction: 122° Southeast
Moon Altitude: -54.3°
Moon Distance: 240,331 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 9:28 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Rarotonga, January 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Jan Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 4:00 am (300°) 6:15 pm (59°) 11:41 pm (39.7°) 224,042 98.3%
2 - 5:06 am (301°) 7:20 pm (60°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 6:16 am (299°) 8:18 pm (63°) 12:47 am (41.0°) 225,179 99.9%
4 - 7:24 am (295°) 9:07 pm (68°) 1:49 am (44.4°) 227,407 98.3%
5 - 8:29 am (289°) 9:49 pm (74°) 2:46 am (49.3°) 230,523 93.9%
6 - 9:29 am (283°) 10:26 pm (81°) 3:37 am (55.1°) 234,197 87.3%
7 - 10:25 am (276°) 11:00 pm (88°) 4:23 am (61.4°) 238,109 79.0%
8 - 11:18 am (269°) 11:32 pm (94°) 5:06 am (67.8°) 241,912 69.7%
9 - 12:09 pm (263°) - 5:48 am (74.0°) 245,332 59.8%
10 12:04 am (100°) 1:00 pm (256°) - 6:29 am (79.8°) 248,145 49.9%
11 12:37 am (106°) 1:51 pm (251°) - 7:12 am (85.1°) 250,216 40.1%
12 1:12 am (111°) 2:44 pm (246°) - 7:56 am (89.7°) 251,474 30.8%
13 1:50 am (115°) 3:37 pm (243°) - 8:42 am (86.7°) 251,925 22.2%
14 2:33 am (118°) 4:31 pm (240°) - 9:31 am (84.1°) 251,629 14.7%
15 3:20 am (120°) 5:25 pm (239°) - 10:22 am (82.9°) 250,692 8.5%
16 4:12 am (120°) 6:16 pm (240°) - 11:15 am (83.1°) 249,252 3.8%
17 5:08 am (119°) 7:04 pm (242°) - 12:07 pm (84.8°) 247,455 0.9%
18 6:05 am (116°) 7:48 pm (246°) - 12:58 pm (87.9°) 245,441 0.1%
19 7:02 am (112°) 8:28 pm (251°) - 1:47 pm (87.7°) 243,318 1.4%
20 7:58 am (106°) 9:05 pm (257°) - 2:34 pm (82.4°) 241,171 5.0%
21 8:53 am (100°) 9:40 pm (263°) - 3:19 pm (76.3°) 239,042 10.7%
22 9:48 am (93°) 10:14 pm (270°) - 4:04 pm (69.8°) 236,950 18.4%
23 10:44 am (86°) 10:48 pm (277°) - 4:49 pm (63.1°) 234,909 27.7%
24 11:41 am (79°) 11:25 pm (284°) - 5:35 pm (56.6°) 232,939 38.4%
25 12:40 pm (72°) - - 6:25 pm (50.5°) 231,097 50.0%
26 - 12:06 am (290°) 1:43 pm (67°) 7:20 pm (45.4°) 229,471 61.7%
27 - 12:53 am (296°) 2:50 pm (62°) 8:19 pm (41.7°) 228,204 73.0%
28 - 1:47 am (299°) 3:57 pm (60°) 9:23 pm (39.8°) 227,465 83.0%
29 - 2:48 am (301°) 5:02 pm (59°) 10:28 pm (40.1°) 227,414 91.2%
30 - 3:54 am (300°) 6:02 pm (62°) 11:30 pm (42.5°) 228,166 96.8%
31 - 5:02 am (297°) 6:54 pm (66°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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