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Rotorua, New Zealand — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 5:06:18 am
Moon Direction: 144° Southeast
Moon Altitude: -71.8°
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, 11:57 am

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Rotorua, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:12 am (251°) 4:47 pm (112°) 11:56 pm (70.1°) 249,478 99.8%
2 - 7:14 am (244°) 5:16 pm (118°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 8:17 am (239°) 5:50 pm (122°) 12:42 am (74.3°) 250,774 99.2%
4 - 9:17 am (236°) 6:30 pm (125°) 1:30 am (77.4°) 251,693 96.7%
5 - 10:14 am (234°) 7:17 pm (127°) 2:20 am (79.3°) 252,145 92.4%
6 - 11:06 am (233°) 8:10 pm (126°) 3:12 am (79.8°) 252,039 86.5%
7 - 11:51 am (235°) 9:09 pm (123°) 4:03 am (78.9°) 251,288 79.2%
8 - 12:29 pm (239°) 10:11 pm (119°) 4:53 am (76.6°) 249,831 70.8%
9 - 1:02 pm (244°) 11:14 pm (114°) 5:41 am (73.1°) 247,652 61.3%
10 - 1:30 pm (250°) - 6:27 am (68.5°) 244,786 51.3%
11 12:18 am (107°) 1:56 pm (257°) - 7:12 am (63.0°) 241,345 40.8%
12 1:23 am (99°) 2:20 pm (265°) - 7:57 am (56.9°) 237,501 30.5%
13 2:29 am (91°) 2:44 pm (273°) - 8:42 am (50.3°) 233,518 20.7%
14 3:38 am (82°) 3:10 pm (282°) - 9:29 am (43.5°) 229,709 12.2%
15 4:50 am (73°) 3:40 pm (290°) - 10:20 am (36.8°) 226,424 5.5%
16 6:07 am (65°) 4:16 pm (297°) - 11:15 am (30.9°) 223,989 1.3%
17 7:27 am (59°) 5:00 pm (303°) - 12:17 pm (26.3°) 222,683 0.2%
18 8:46 am (54°) 5:56 pm (306°) - 1:22 pm (23.5°) 222,635 2.5%
19 9:57 am (53°) 7:03 pm (307°) - 2:29 pm (23.0°) 223,823 7.9%
20 10:57 am (55°) 8:17 pm (304°) - 3:35 pm (24.8°) 226,061 15.9%
21 11:44 am (59°) 9:32 pm (298°) - 4:35 pm (28.4°) 229,065 25.8%
22 12:22 pm (66°) 10:45 pm (291°) - 5:29 pm (33.3°) 232,493 36.7%
23 12:52 pm (73°) 11:54 pm (284°) - 6:19 pm (39.1°) 236,055 47.9%
24 1:17 pm (81°) - - 7:04 pm (45.3°) 239,496 58.9%
25 - 1:00 am (276°) 1:41 pm (88°) 7:47 pm (51.6°) 242,651 69.1%
26 - 2:03 am (268°) 2:03 pm (96°) 8:29 pm (57.7°) 245,404 78.2%
27 - 3:04 am (260°) 2:26 pm (103°) 9:11 pm (63.5°) 247,710 85.9%
28 - 4:05 am (253°) 2:51 pm (110°) 9:54 pm (68.7°) 249,553 92.1%
29 - 5:07 am (246°) 3:18 pm (116°) 10:39 pm (73.1°) 250,944 96.5%
30 - 6:09 am (241°) 3:50 pm (121°) 11:26 pm (76.5°) 251,892 99.1%
31 - 7:10 am (237°) 4:29 pm (125°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Rotorua. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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