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Lunar phase today Rotorua

Lunar Day 36

Moon phase today January 7, 2026

What is moon today in Rotorua?

Today's lunar phase in Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌖 the Waning Gibbous phase, with 82.02% illumination, with an age of 18.88 days. The current distance between Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 384,882.35km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -38.1445987 and longitude 176.2377669 also base on Time zone Pacific/Auckland because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
06:51:55 PM
Lunar Day 36
Waning Gibbous
82.02%
Rotorua
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Rotorua
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    18.88
  • Illumination:
    82.02%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    23:18/09:50
  • Altitude:
    27.43°
  • Period:
    🕑 13 Hours and 28 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.65°
  • Distance to Rotorua:
    384,882.35km
  • Next full Moon:
    February 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    25 Days, 1 Hours and 21 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

January 8, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 80.23%
Rise
23:42
Set
10:56
January 9, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 71.3%
Rise
00:00
Set
12:00
January 10, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 61.77%
Rise
00:04
Set
13:01
January 11, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 52.05%
Rise
00:26
Set
14:01
January 12, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 42.46%
Rise
00:50
Set
15:02
January 13, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 33.26%
Rise
01:16
Set
16:03
January 14, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 24.73%
Rise
01:47
Set
17:04

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, 202506:0721:510.13%0.34
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, December 27, 202512:3100:2235.84%6.03
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, January 3, 202620:5204:5398.63%13.66
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, January 10, 202600:0413:0161.77%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