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

Moon: 81.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 6, 2026 at 1:33:31 pm
Moon Direction: 236° Southwest
Moon Altitude: -30.5°
Moon Distance: 243,167 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 18, 2026, 1:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 4, 2026, 12:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 10:30 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:12 am (251°) 4:52 pm (112°) 11:58 pm (71.5°) 249,480 99.8%
2 - 7:14 am (245°) 5:22 pm (117°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 8:15 am (240°) 5:56 pm (122°) 12:44 am (75.6°) 250,776 99.2%
4 - 9:15 am (236°) 6:37 pm (125°) 1:32 am (78.8°) 251,694 96.7%
5 - 10:12 am (234°) 7:24 pm (126°) 2:23 am (80.6°) 252,146 92.4%
6 - 11:03 am (234°) 8:17 pm (125°) 3:14 am (81.1°) 252,038 86.5%
7 - 11:49 am (236°) 9:16 pm (123°) 4:05 am (80.2°) 251,287 79.2%
8 - 12:27 pm (240°) 10:17 pm (119°) 4:55 am (77.9°) 249,829 70.7%
9 - 1:01 pm (244°) 11:19 pm (113°) 5:43 am (74.4°) 247,649 61.3%
10 - 1:30 pm (251°) - 6:30 am (69.8°) 244,781 51.2%
11 12:22 am (106°) 1:56 pm (258°) - 7:15 am (64.4°) 241,339 40.8%
12 1:26 am (99°) 2:21 pm (265°) - 7:59 am (58.2°) 237,495 30.5%
13 2:31 am (91°) 2:47 pm (273°) - 8:44 am (51.6°) 233,512 20.7%
14 3:39 am (82°) 3:14 pm (282°) - 9:31 am (44.8°) 229,703 12.2%
15 4:51 am (74°) 3:45 pm (290°) - 10:22 am (38.1°) 226,420 5.4%
16 6:06 am (66°) 4:21 pm (297°) - 11:18 am (32.2°) 223,986 1.3%
17 7:25 am (59°) 5:07 pm (303°) - 12:19 pm (27.6°) 222,682 0.2%
18 8:43 am (55°) 6:03 pm (306°) - 1:24 pm (24.8°) 222,636 2.5%
19 9:55 am (54°) 7:10 pm (306°) - 2:32 pm (24.3°) 223,825 7.9%
20 10:55 am (56°) 8:23 pm (303°) - 3:37 pm (26.1°) 226,065 15.9%
21 11:43 am (60°) 9:38 pm (298°) - 4:37 pm (29.7°) 229,070 25.8%
22 12:21 pm (66°) 10:50 pm (291°) - 5:32 pm (34.7°) 232,498 36.7%
23 12:52 pm (73°) 11:58 pm (283°) - 6:21 pm (40.5°) 236,060 48.0%
24 1:19 pm (81°) - - 7:06 pm (46.6°) 239,502 58.9%
25 - 1:03 am (276°) 1:43 pm (88°) 7:49 pm (52.9°) 242,656 69.1%
26 - 2:05 am (268°) 2:06 pm (96°) 8:31 pm (59.0°) 245,408 78.2%
27 - 3:05 am (260°) 2:30 pm (103°) 9:13 pm (64.8°) 247,714 85.9%
28 - 4:06 am (253°) 2:55 pm (110°) 9:56 pm (70.0°) 249,555 92.1%
29 - 5:06 am (247°) 3:24 pm (116°) 10:41 pm (74.4°) 250,945 96.5%
30 - 6:07 am (241°) 3:57 pm (120°) 11:29 pm (77.9°) 251,894 99.1%
31 - 7:08 am (237°) 4:35 pm (124°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Whitianga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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