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Lunar phase today Manawatu-Wanganui

Lunar Day 12

Moon phase today September 18, 2026

What is moon today in Manawatu-Wanganui?

Today's lunar phase in Manawatu-Wanganui, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌓 the First Quarter phase, with 41.25% illumination, with an age of 6.56 days. The current distance between Manawatu-Wanganui, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 404,697.20km.

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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.
Friday, September 18, 2026
10:28:32 AM
Lunar Day 12
First Quarter
41.25%
Manawatu-Wanganui
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Manawatu-Wanganui
  • Moon phase:
    🌓 First Quarter
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    6.56
  • Illumination:
    41.25%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    09:40/00:40
  • Altitude:
    7.48°
  • Period:
    🕑 9 Hours and 0 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.2°
  • Distance to Manawatu-Wanganui:
    404,697.20km
  • Next full Moon:
    September 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    8 Days, 7 Hours and 20 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

September 19, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 46.56%
Rise
10:29
Set
01:36
September 20, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 56%
Rise
11:25
Set
02:25
September 21, 2026
Lunar Day 8
First Quarter
Illumination: 65.25%
Rise
12:25
Set
03:08
September 22, 2026
Lunar Day 9
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 74.05%
Rise
13:28
Set
03:44
September 23, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 82.09%
Rise
14:32
Set
04:14
September 24, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 89.05%
Rise
15:37
Set
04:40
September 25, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 94.58%
Rise
16:42
Set
05:05

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 MoonSaturday, September 12, 202606:3719:170.17%0.38
🌓 First QuarterFriday, September 18, 202609:4000:4037.19%6.17
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, September 26, 202617:4905:2898.33%13.55
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, October 3, 202601:5810:5362.68%20.94

Moon Phase Calendar for September, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
  
1Waning Gibbous🌖 87.93%Age 18.1
2Waning Gibbous🌖 79.86%Age 19.14
3Waning Gibbous🌖 70.22%Age 20.19
4Last Quarter🌗 59.46%Age 21.25
5Last Quarter🌗 48.12%Age 22.32
6Last Quarter🌗 36.77%Age 23.41
7Waning Crescent🌘 26.05%Age 24.5
8Waning Crescent🌘 16.56%Age 25.59
9Waning Crescent🌘 8.87%Age 26.69
10New Moon🌑 3.43%Age 27.78
11New Moon🌑 0.51%Age 28.86
12New Moon🌑 0.17%Age 0.38
13New Moon🌑 2.25%Age 1.42
14Waxing Crescent🌒 6.47%Age 2.42
15Waxing Crescent🌒 12.46%Age 3.39
16Waxing Crescent🌒 19.82%Age 4.34
17Waxing Crescent🌒 28.18%Age 5.26
18First Quarter🌓 37.19%Age 6.17
19First Quarter🌓 46.56%Age 7.06
20First Quarter🌓 56%Age 7.95
21First Quarter🌓 65.25%Age 8.84
22Waxing Gibbous🌔 74.05%Age 9.74
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.09%Age 10.66
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.05%Age 11.59
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.58%Age 12.56
26Full Moon🌕 98.33%Age 13.55
27Full Moon🌕 99.95%Age 14.56
28Full Moon🌕 99.29%Age 15.56
29Waning Gibbous🌖 96.16%Age 16.62
30Waning Gibbous🌖 90.61%Age 17.69