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

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 5:07:11 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, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:19 am (250°) 4:45 pm (113°) 11:58 pm (67.9°) 249,480 99.8%
2 - 7:23 am (244°) 5:12 pm (119°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 8:27 am (238°) 5:45 pm (124°) 12:44 am (72.1°) 250,776 99.2%
4 - 9:28 am (234°) 6:24 pm (127°) 1:33 am (75.2°) 251,694 96.7%
5 - 10:26 am (232°) 7:10 pm (128°) 2:23 am (77.1°) 252,146 92.4%
6 - 11:18 am (232°) 8:04 pm (127°) 3:14 am (77.6°) 252,038 86.5%
7 - 12:02 pm (234°) 9:04 pm (125°) 4:06 am (76.6°) 251,286 79.2%
8 - 12:39 pm (238°) 10:07 pm (120°) 4:56 am (74.3°) 249,828 70.7%
9 - 1:10 pm (243°) 11:11 pm (114°) 5:44 am (70.8°) 247,648 61.3%
10 - 1:37 pm (250°) - 6:30 am (66.2°) 244,780 51.2%
11 12:17 am (107°) 2:01 pm (257°) - 7:15 am (60.8°) 241,338 40.8%
12 1:24 am (99°) 2:23 pm (265°) - 7:59 am (54.6°) 237,494 30.5%
13 2:32 am (91°) 2:46 pm (274°) - 8:45 am (48.0°) 233,511 20.7%
14 3:42 am (82°) 3:10 pm (282°) - 9:32 am (41.2°) 229,702 12.1%
15 4:57 am (73°) 3:38 pm (291°) - 10:23 am (34.6°) 226,419 5.4%
16 6:16 am (65°) 4:12 pm (298°) - 11:18 am (28.7°) 223,985 1.3%
17 7:37 am (58°) 4:55 pm (304°) - 12:19 pm (24.0°) 222,682 0.2%
18 8:57 am (53°) 5:49 pm (308°) - 1:25 pm (21.3°) 222,636 2.5%
19 10:09 am (52°) 6:56 pm (308°) - 2:32 pm (20.8°) 223,826 7.9%
20 11:08 am (54°) 8:11 pm (305°) - 3:37 pm (22.5°) 226,066 16.0%
21 11:54 am (58°) 9:28 pm (299°) - 4:38 pm (26.2°) 229,071 25.8%
22 12:30 pm (65°) 10:43 pm (292°) - 5:32 pm (31.1°) 232,499 36.7%
23 12:58 pm (72°) 11:54 pm (284°) - 6:21 pm (36.9°) 236,061 48.0%
24 1:22 pm (80°) - - 7:07 pm (43.1°) 239,502 58.9%
25 - 1:01 am (276°) 1:44 pm (88°) 7:49 pm (49.4°) 242,657 69.1%
26 - 2:06 am (268°) 2:05 pm (96°) 8:31 pm (55.5°) 245,408 78.2%
27 - 3:09 am (260°) 2:26 pm (104°) 9:13 pm (61.2°) 247,714 85.9%
28 - 4:12 am (252°) 2:49 pm (111°) 9:56 pm (66.4°) 249,556 92.1%
29 - 5:15 am (245°) 3:15 pm (117°) 10:42 pm (70.8°) 250,946 96.5%
30 - 6:18 am (240°) 3:46 pm (122°) 11:29 pm (74.3°) 251,894 99.1%
31 - 7:21 am (235°) 4:23 pm (126°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Palmerston North. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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