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Lunar phase today Manawatu-Wanganui

Lunar Day 52

Moon phase today December 17, 2025

What is moon today in Manawatu-Wanganui?

Today's lunar phase in Manawatu-Wanganui, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌘 the Waning Crescent phase, with 10.48% illumination, with an age of 26.43 days. The current distance between Manawatu-Wanganui, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 405,023.30km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -39.2817207 and longitude 175.56851040000004 also base on Time zone Pacific/Auckland because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
03:45:27 AM
Lunar Day 52
Waning Crescent
10.48%
Manawatu-Wanganui
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Manawatu-Wanganui
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    26.43
  • Illumination:
    10.48%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    03:15/18:19
  • Altitude:
    5.13°
  • Period:
    🕑 15 Hours and 4 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.17°
  • Distance to Manawatu-Wanganui:
    405,023.30km
  • Next full Moon:
    January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    17 Days, 17 Hours and 13 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

December 18, 2025
Lunar Day 27
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 6.12%
Rise
03:47
Set
19:20
December 19, 2025
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 2.39%
Rise
04:25
Set
20:18
December 20, 2025
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 0.36%
Rise
05:12
Set
21:12
December 21, 2025
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.13%
Rise
06:06
Set
21:58
December 22, 2025
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 1.76%
Rise
07:06
Set
22:37
December 23, 2025
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 5.26%
Rise
08:10
Set
23:10
December 24, 2025
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 10.58%
Rise
09:16
Set
23:38

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, November 21, 202505:4721:270.03%0.16
🌓 First QuarterThursday, November 27, 202511:2301:0731.61%5.61
🌕 Full MoonThursday, December 4, 202519:5504:2196.53%13
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, December 11, 202500:5812:1064.52%20.76

Moon Phase Calendar for December, 2025

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
 
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 73.07%Age 9.64
2Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.65%Age 10.73
3Waxing Gibbous🌔 90.7%Age 11.85
4Full Moon🌕 96.53%Age 13
5Full Moon🌕 99.6%Age 14.17
6Full Moon🌕 99.63%Age 15.34
7Full Moon🌕 96.68%Age 16.49
8Waning Gibbous🌖 91.1%Age 17.61
9Waning Gibbous🌖 83.46%Age 18.7
10Waning Gibbous🌖 74.39%Age 19.75
11Last Quarter🌗 64.52%Age 20.76
12Last Quarter🌗 54.35%Age 21.74
13Last Quarter🌗 44.32%Age 22.68
14Last Quarter🌗 34.75%Age 23.6
15Waning Crescent🌘 25.92%Age 24.51
16Waning Crescent🌘 18.07%Age 25.4
17Waning Crescent🌘 11.4%Age 26.29
18Waning Crescent🌘 6.12%Age 27.18
19New Moon🌑 2.39%Age 28.07
20New Moon🌑 0.36%Age 28.97
21New Moon🌑 0.13%Age 0.34
22New Moon🌑 1.76%Age 1.25
23Waxing Crescent🌒 5.26%Age 2.18
24Waxing Crescent🌒 10.58%Age 3.11
25Waxing Crescent🌒 17.59%Age 4.07
26Waxing Crescent🌒 26.1%Age 5.04
27First Quarter🌓 35.84%Age 6.03
28First Quarter🌓 46.45%Age 7.05
29First Quarter🌓 57.5%Age 8.09
30First Quarter🌓 68.46%Age 9.16
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.7%Age 10.26