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Palmerston North, New Zealand — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, January 2026

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 5:07:10 am
Moon Direction: 149° Southeast
Moon Altitude: -70.2°
Moon Distance: 227,967 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
Next New Moon: Apr 17, 2026, 11:51 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 12:07 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Palmerston North, January 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Jan Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 2:50 am (304°) 6:49 pm (53°) 11:17 pm (21.4°) 224,029 94.1%
2 - 3:41 am (308°) 8:02 pm (51°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 4:46 am (308°) 9:03 pm (53°) 12:24 am (20.5°) 224,083 98.5%
4 - 6:01 am (306°) 9:51 pm (57°) 1:30 am (21.9°) 225,298 99.9%
5 - 7:19 am (300°) 10:28 pm (64°) 2:32 am (25.4°) 227,595 98.1%
6 - 8:36 am (293°) 10:58 pm (71°) 3:28 am (30.3°) 230,760 93.5%
7 - 9:49 am (285°) 11:22 pm (79°) 4:18 am (36.2°) 234,461 86.8%
8 - 10:57 am (277°) 11:44 pm (88°) 5:05 am (42.4°) 238,376 78.4%
9 - 12:02 pm (268°) - 5:48 am (48.8°) 242,161 69.0%
10 12:04 am (96°) 1:05 pm (260°) - 6:29 am (55.0°) 245,546 59.2%
11 12:25 am (103°) 2:07 pm (253°) - 7:11 am (60.8°) 248,311 49.2%
12 12:47 am (110°) 3:10 pm (246°) - 7:53 am (66.0°) 250,329 39.4%
13 1:12 am (116°) 4:12 pm (240°) - 8:37 am (70.5°) 251,531 30.2%
14 1:42 am (122°) 5:14 pm (236°) - 9:24 am (74.1°) 251,927 21.7%
15 2:17 am (126°) 6:14 pm (233°) - 10:13 am (76.6°) 251,584 14.2%
16 3:01 am (128°) 7:10 pm (232°) - 11:04 am (77.7°) 250,608 8.1%
17 3:52 am (128°) 7:58 pm (233°) - 11:57 am (77.4°) 249,139 3.5%
18 4:51 am (126°) 8:40 pm (236°) - 12:49 pm (75.6°) 247,323 0.8%
19 5:56 am (122°) 9:14 pm (241°) - 1:40 pm (72.4°) 245,298 0.1%
20 7:03 am (117°) 9:43 pm (247°) - 2:29 pm (67.9°) 243,172 1.6%
21 8:11 am (110°) 10:08 pm (255°) - 3:16 pm (62.5°) 241,024 5.3%
22 9:18 am (102°) 10:31 pm (263°) - 4:01 pm (56.4°) 238,897 11.1%
23 10:26 am (93°) 10:53 pm (271°) - 4:45 pm (49.9°) 236,809 18.9%
24 11:34 am (84°) 11:15 pm (280°) - 5:30 pm (43.3°) 234,772 28.4%
25 12:44 pm (76°) 11:40 pm (288°) - 6:17 pm (36.8°) 232,808 39.2%
26 1:57 pm (68°) - - 7:08 pm (30.8°) 230,978 50.8%
27 - 12:09 am (296°) 3:13 pm (60°) 8:02 pm (25.8°) 229,371 62.5%
28 - 12:44 am (302°) 4:30 pm (55°) 9:02 pm (22.2°) 228,135 73.7%
29 - 1:30 am (307°) 5:43 pm (52°) 10:06 pm (20.5°) 227,438 83.6%
30 - 2:27 am (309°) 6:48 pm (52°) 11:10 pm (20.9°) 227,439 91.6%
31 - 3:35 am (308°) 7:41 pm (55°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Palmerston North. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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