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Wellington, New Zealand — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, October 2026

Moon: 88.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 5, 2026 at 1:54:15 pm
Moon Direction: 223° Southwest
Moon Altitude: -40.9°
Moon Distance: 239,991 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 18, 2026, 1:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 4, 2026, 12:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 10:09 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Wellington, October 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Oct Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 8:55 am (305°) - 4:24 am (22.9°) 229,807 81.2%
2 1:02 am (53°) 9:45 am (308°) - 5:25 am (20.4°) 229,501 71.0%
3 2:10 am (51°) 10:48 am (309°) - 6:28 am (19.9°) 229,629 59.6%
4 3:06 am (53°) 11:59 am (306°) - 7:30 am (21.4°) 230,123 47.7%
5 3:51 am (57°) 1:14 pm (301°) - 8:29 am (24.7°) 230,930 36.0%
6 4:27 am (63°) 2:30 pm (294°) - 9:24 am (29.4°) 232,025 25.2%
7 4:56 am (71°) 3:44 pm (285°) - 10:15 am (35.2°) 233,409 15.9%
8 5:20 am (79°) 4:55 pm (277°) - 11:02 am (41.5°) 235,090 8.5%
9 5:43 am (88°) 6:04 pm (268°) - 11:47 am (48.1°) 237,063 3.3%
10 6:04 am (96°) 7:12 pm (259°) - 12:32 pm (54.5°) 239,294 0.6%
11 6:27 am (104°) 8:19 pm (251°) - 1:17 pm (60.6°) 241,705 0.3%
12 6:51 am (112°) 9:27 pm (244°) - 2:03 pm (66.0°) 244,177 2.2%
13 7:18 am (118°) 10:33 pm (239°) - 2:50 pm (70.4°) 246,544 6.2%
14 7:51 am (123°) 11:37 pm (234°) - 3:40 pm (73.8°) 248,626 12.0%
15 8:30 am (127°) - - 4:31 pm (75.8°) 250,236 19.1%
16 - 12:37 am (232°) 9:16 am (128°) 5:22 pm (76.4°) 251,206 27.4%
17 - 1:29 am (232°) 10:09 am (128°) 6:14 pm (75.6°) 251,406 36.5%
18 - 2:13 am (234°) 11:08 am (125°) 7:03 pm (73.5°) 250,766 46.1%
19 - 2:50 am (237°) 12:10 pm (121°) 7:51 pm (70.1°) 249,280 55.9%
20 - 3:21 am (242°) 1:14 pm (115°) 8:37 pm (65.8°) 247,013 65.7%
21 - 3:48 am (249°) 2:19 pm (108°) 9:21 pm (60.5°) 244,112 75.0%
22 - 4:11 am (256°) 3:25 pm (101°) 10:05 pm (54.6°) 240,773 83.5%
23 - 4:33 am (264°) 4:32 pm (92°) 10:49 pm (48.3°) 237,264 90.7%
24 - 4:54 am (272°) 5:41 pm (84°) 11:34 pm (41.7°) 233,863 96.1%
25 - 5:17 am (281°) 6:53 pm (75°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
26 - 5:42 am (289°) 8:09 pm (66°) 12:23 am (35.2°) 230,874 99.2%
27 - 6:13 am (297°) 9:28 pm (59°) 1:15 am (29.4°) 228,531 99.7%
28 - 6:51 am (303°) 10:46 pm (54°) 2:13 am (24.5°) 227,030 97.2%
29 - 7:39 am (307°) 11:59 pm (52°) 3:14 am (21.3°) 226,443 91.8%
30 - 8:39 am (309°) - 4:19 am (20.0°) 226,733 83.9%
31 1:01 am (52°) 9:49 am (307°) - 5:23 am (20.9°) 227,772 74.0%
* All times are local time for Wellington. 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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