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Lunar phase today Christchurch

Lunar Day 22

Moon phase today May 28, 2026

What is moon today in Christchurch?

Today's lunar phase in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 88.31% illumination, with an age of 11.49 days. The current distance between Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 397,086.96km.

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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, May 28, 2026
05:49:38 AM
Lunar Day 22
Waxing Gibbous
88.31%
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    11.49
  • Illumination:
    88.31%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    14:55/04:30
  • Altitude:
    -12.15°
  • Period:
    🕑 10 Hours and 25 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.74°
  • Distance to Christchurch:
    397,086.96km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    2 Days, 9 Hours and 58 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 29, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 92.62%
Rise
15:19
Set
05:36
May 30, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 96.85%
Rise
15:48
Set
06:41
May 31, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.32%
Rise
16:23
Set
07:46
June 1, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.98%
Rise
17:06
Set
08:46
June 2, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.84%
Rise
17:58
Set
09:40
June 3, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 95.93%
Rise
18:57
Set
10:25
June 4, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 91.35%
Rise
20:00
Set
11:03

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 MoonMonday, May 18, 202609:2417:480.69%0.78
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, May 23, 202613:1600:0039.49%6.39
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, May 30, 202615:4806:4196.85%13.09
🌗 Last QuarterSunday, June 7, 202623:2012:2169.01%20.32

Moon Phase Calendar for May, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1Full Moon🌕 98.59%Age 13.65
2Full Moon🌕 99.96%Age 14.57
3Full Moon🌕 99.42%Age 15.48
4Full Moon🌕 97.07%Age 16.38
5Waning Gibbous🌖 93.02%Age 17.28
6Waning Gibbous🌖 87.44%Age 18.17
7Waning Gibbous🌖 80.51%Age 19.06
8Waning Gibbous🌖 72.45%Age 19.96
9Last Quarter🌗 63.47%Age 20.87
10Last Quarter🌗 53.82%Age 21.79
11Last Quarter🌗 43.78%Age 22.73
12Last Quarter🌗 33.69%Age 23.71
13Waning Crescent🌘 23.98%Age 24.72
14Waning Crescent🌘 15.16%Age 25.77
15Waning Crescent🌘 7.84%Age 26.86
16New Moon🌑 2.66%Age 27.99
17New Moon🌑 0.17%Age 29.14
18New Moon🌑 0.69%Age 0.78
19Waxing Crescent🌒 4.24%Age 1.95
20Waxing Crescent🌒 10.5%Age 3.1
21Waxing Crescent🌒 18.93%Age 4.23
22Waxing Crescent🌒 28.82%Age 5.33
23First Quarter🌓 39.49%Age 6.39
24First Quarter🌓 50.34%Age 7.41
25First Quarter🌓 60.85%Age 8.41
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 70.63%Age 9.38
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 79.34%Age 10.33
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86.74%Age 11.26
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.62%Age 12.18
30Full Moon🌕 96.85%Age 13.09
31Full Moon🌕 99.32%Age 13.99