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Lunar phase today Christchurch

Lunar Day 54

Moon phase today April 16, 2026

What is moon today in Christchurch?

Today's lunar phase in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌑 the New Moon phase, with 3.02% illumination, with an age of 27.89 days. The current distance between Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 375,115.32km.

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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.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:14:19 PM
Lunar Day 54
New Moon
3.02%
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch
  • Moon phase:
    🌑 New Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    27.89
  • Illumination:
    3.02%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    05:08/16:57
  • Altitude:
    36.56°
  • Period:
    🕑 11 Hours and 49 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.42°
  • Distance to Christchurch:
    375,115.32km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    15 Days, 4 Hours and 35 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

April 17, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 1.37%
Rise
06:24
Set
17:20
April 18, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0%
Rise
07:45
Set
17:48
April 19, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 1.49%
Rise
09:09
Set
18:22
April 20, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 5.85%
Rise
10:31
Set
19:06
April 21, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 12.76%
Rise
11:48
Set
20:03
April 22, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 21.72%
Rise
12:52
Set
21:13
April 23, 2026
Lunar Day 5
First Quarter
Illumination: 32.07%
Rise
13:42
Set
22:28

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 MoonFriday, March 20, 202608:3319:560.21%0.43
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, March 25, 202615:0123:1334.73%5.92
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, April 1, 202618:4506:2997.23%13.19
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, April 9, 202622:1213:5066.04%20.61

Moon Phase Calendar for April, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 97.23%Age 13.19
2Full Moon🌕 99.6%Age 14.17
3Full Moon🌕 99.85%Age 15.13
4Full Moon🌕 98.09%Age 16.07
5Waning Gibbous🌖 94.5%Age 16.99
6Waning Gibbous🌖 89.04%Age 17.94
7Waning Gibbous🌖 82.41%Age 18.83
8Waning Gibbous🌖 74.65%Age 19.72
9Last Quarter🌗 66.03%Age 20.61
10Last Quarter🌗 56.8%Age 21.51
11Last Quarter🌗 47.19%Age 22.41
12Last Quarter🌗 37.5%Age 23.34
13Waning Crescent🌘 28.05%Age 24.28
14Waning Crescent🌘 19.22%Age 25.27
15Waning Crescent🌘 11.48%Age 26.28
16Waning Crescent🌘 5.35%Age 27.34
17New Moon🌑 1.37%Age 28.43
18New Moon🌑 0%Age 0.01
19New Moon🌑 1.49%Age 1.15
20Waxing Crescent🌒 5.85%Age 2.3
21Waxing Crescent🌒 12.76%Age 3.43
22Waxing Crescent🌒 21.72%Age 4.56
23First Quarter🌓 32.07%Age 5.66
24First Quarter🌓 43.13%Age 6.73
25First Quarter🌓 54.27%Age 7.78
26First Quarter🌓 64.95%Age 8.81
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 74.72%Age 9.81
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 83.21%Age 10.8
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 90.14%Age 11.76
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.3%Age 12.71