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Lunar phase today Christchurch

Lunar Day 52

Moon phase today January 16, 2026

What is moon today in Christchurch?

Today's lunar phase in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌘 the Waning Crescent phase, with 10.07% illumination, with an age of 26.49 days. The current distance between Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 404,604.07km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -43.5320544 and longitude 172.63622540000006 also base on Time zone Pacific/Auckland because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Friday, January 16, 2026
02:04:00 AM
Lunar Day 52
Waning Crescent
10.07%
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    26.49
  • Illumination:
    10.07%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    02:59/19:37
  • Altitude:
    -6.85°
  • Period:
    🕑 16 Hours and 38 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.2°
  • Distance to Christchurch:
    404,604.07km
  • Next full Moon:
    February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    16 Days, 18 Hours and 40 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

January 17, 2026
Lunar Day 27
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 5.43%
Rise
03:51
Set
20:25
January 18, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 1.89%
Rise
04:51
Set
21:05
January 19, 2026
Lunar Day 29
New Moon
Illumination: 0.15%
Rise
05:57
Set
21:37
January 20, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.38%
Rise
07:07
Set
22:03
January 21, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 2.67%
Rise
08:17
Set
22:25
January 22, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 7.04%
Rise
09:28
Set
22:46
January 23, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 13.4%
Rise
10:38
Set
23:05

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonSunday, December 21, 202505:5922:270.13%0.34
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, December 27, 202512:4500:4035.84%6.03
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, January 3, 202621:3004:4498.63%13.66
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, January 10, 202600:1513:2161.77%21.03

Moon Phase Calendar for January, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 87.56%Age 11.38
2Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.38%Age 12.52
3Full Moon🌕 98.63%Age 13.66
4Full Moon🌕 100%Age 14.8
5Full Moon🌕 98.49%Age 15.92
6Waning Gibbous🌖 94.37%Age 17.02
7Waning Gibbous🌖 88.1%Age 18.08
8Waning Gibbous🌖 80.23%Age 19.1
9Waning Gibbous🌖 71.3%Age 20.08
10Last Quarter🌗 61.77%Age 21.03
11Last Quarter🌗 52.05%Age 21.96
12Last Quarter🌗 42.46%Age 22.86
13Last Quarter🌗 33.26%Age 23.75
14Waning Crescent🌘 24.73%Age 24.64
15Waning Crescent🌘 17.08%Age 25.53
16Waning Crescent🌘 10.57%Age 26.42
17Waning Crescent🌘 5.43%Age 27.32
18New Moon🌑 1.89%Age 28.23
19New Moon🌑 0.15%Age 29.16
20New Moon🌑 0.38%Age 0.58
21New Moon🌑 2.67%Age 1.54
22Waxing Crescent🌒 7.04%Age 2.52
23Waxing Crescent🌒 13.4%Age 3.52
24Waxing Crescent🌒 21.55%Age 4.54
25First Quarter🌓 31.16%Age 5.57
26First Quarter🌓 41.84%Age 6.61
27First Quarter🌓 53.09%Age 7.67
28First Quarter🌓 64.34%Age 8.75
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 74.97%Age 9.84
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 84.36%Age 10.94
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.9%Age 12.05