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

Moon: 88.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 5, 2026 at 1:54:11 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, December 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 1:28 am (75°) 12:37 pm (282°) - 6:57 am (37.9°) 233,145 55.7%
2 1:52 am (83°) 1:46 pm (273°) - 7:44 am (44.3°) 236,368 44.5%
3 2:14 am (91°) 2:53 pm (265°) - 8:28 am (50.7°) 239,458 33.8%
4 2:35 am (99°) 3:59 pm (256°) - 9:11 am (56.8°) 242,295 24.2%
5 2:58 am (107°) 5:05 pm (249°) - 9:55 am (62.5°) 244,810 15.9%
6 3:23 am (114°) 6:11 pm (243°) - 10:41 am (67.4°) 246,984 9.2%
7 3:52 am (120°) 7:15 pm (237°) - 11:28 am (71.4°) 248,812 4.3%
8 4:26 am (124°) 8:17 pm (234°) - 12:18 pm (74.3°) 250,298 1.2%
9 5:07 am (127°) 9:14 pm (232°) - 1:09 pm (75.8°) 251,434 0.2%
10 5:55 am (128°) 10:04 pm (233°) - 2:01 pm (76.0°) 252,194 1.0%
11 6:50 am (127°) 10:46 pm (235°) - 2:51 pm (74.8°) 252,528 3.8%
12 7:50 am (124°) 11:21 pm (239°) - 3:40 pm (72.3°) 252,367 8.3%
13 8:52 am (119°) 11:50 pm (244°) - 4:26 pm (68.7°) 251,641 14.4%
14 9:55 am (113°) - - 5:10 pm (64.2°) 250,282 21.9%
15 - 12:15 am (251°) 10:58 am (106°) 5:53 pm (59.0°) 248,249 30.5%
16 - 12:37 am (258°) 12:00 pm (99°) 6:34 pm (53.3°) 245,548 40.1%
17 - 12:57 am (265°) 1:04 pm (91°) 7:16 pm (47.3°) 242,234 50.4%
18 - 1:18 am (273°) 2:09 pm (83°) 7:59 pm (41.1°) 238,446 60.9%
19 - 1:39 am (281°) 3:18 pm (74°) 8:46 pm (35.0°) 234,388 71.4%
20 - 2:04 am (289°) 4:31 pm (66°) 9:37 pm (29.3°) 230,371 81.2%
21 - 2:34 am (297°) 5:48 pm (59°) 10:33 pm (24.6°) 226,729 89.6%
22 - 3:12 am (303°) 7:07 pm (54°) 11:36 pm (21.4°) 223,856 95.9%
23 - 4:01 am (307°) 8:21 pm (52°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 5:04 am (308°) 9:26 pm (53°) 12:43 am (20.2°) 222,085 99.4%
25 - 6:19 am (306°) 10:17 pm (57°) 1:51 am (21.3°) 221,634 99.6%
26 - 7:41 am (301°) 10:57 pm (64°) 2:55 am (24.5°) 222,539 96.5%
27 - 9:02 am (293°) 11:28 pm (71°) 3:55 am (29.5°) 224,668 90.4%
28 - 10:20 am (285°) 11:54 pm (80°) 4:49 am (35.5°) 227,737 82.0%
29 - 11:34 am (276°) - 5:38 am (42.1°) 231,383 72.1%
30 12:18 am (89°) 12:43 pm (267°) - 6:25 am (48.7°) 235,274 61.4%
31 12:40 am (97°) 1:51 pm (259°) - 7:09 am (55.1°) 239,088 50.5%
* 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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