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Lunar phase today Southland

Lunar Day 38

Moon phase today May 7, 2026

What is moon today in Southland?

Today's lunar phase in Southland, NEW ZEALAND, the moon is in 🌖 the Waning Gibbous phase, with 78.18% illumination, with an age of 19.33 days. The current distance between Southland, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 403,217.26km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -46.9972767 and longitude 167.8372114 also base on Time zone Pacific/Chatham because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Thursday, May 7, 2026
08:01:46 AM
Lunar Day 38
Waning Gibbous
78.18%
Southland
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Southland
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    19.33
  • Illumination:
    78.18%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    21:53/13:49
  • Altitude:
    46.29°
  • Period:
    🕑 8 Hours and 4 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.3°
  • Distance to Southland:
    403,217.26km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    23 Days, 8 Hours and 36 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 8, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 72.72%
Rise
23:01
Set
14:21
May 9, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 63.77%
Rise
00:00
Set
14:47
May 10, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 54.13%
Rise
00:11
Set
15:09
May 11, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 44.1%
Rise
01:23
Set
15:27
May 12, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 34.01%
Rise
02:35
Set
15:44
May 13, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 24.27%
Rise
03:49
Set
16:01
May 14, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 15.41%
Rise
05:06
Set
16:19

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, April 19, 202610:2719:131.4%1.12
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202615:0323:1831.73%5.62
🌕 Full MoonFriday, May 1, 202617:4507:5298.52%13.62
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, May 9, 202600:0014:4763.77%20.84

Moon Phase Calendar for May, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1Full Moon🌕 98.52%Age 13.62
2Full Moon🌕 99.94%Age 14.54
3Full Moon🌕 99.47%Age 15.45
4Full Moon🌕 97.17%Age 16.36
5Waning Gibbous🌖 93.17%Age 17.25
6Waning Gibbous🌖 87.63%Age 18.14
7Waning Gibbous🌖 80.75%Age 19.03
8Waning Gibbous🌖 72.72%Age 19.93
9Last Quarter🌗 63.77%Age 20.84
10Last Quarter🌗 54.13%Age 21.76
11Last Quarter🌗 44.1%Age 22.7
12Last Quarter🌗 34.01%Age 23.68
13Waning Crescent🌘 24.27%Age 24.69
14Waning Crescent🌘 15.41%Age 25.74
15Waning Crescent🌘 8.04%Age 26.83
16New Moon🌑 2.79%Age 27.95
17New Moon🌑 0.2%Age 29.11
18New Moon🌑 0.63%Age 0.74
19Waxing Crescent🌒 4.08%Age 1.91
20Waxing Crescent🌒 10.27%Age 3.07
21Waxing Crescent🌒 18.64%Age 4.2
22Waxing Crescent🌒 28.49%Age 5.29
23First Quarter🌓 39.15%Age 6.35
24First Quarter🌓 50%Age 7.38
25First Quarter🌓 60.53%Age 8.38
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 70.33%Age 9.35
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 79.08%Age 10.3
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86.53%Age 11.23
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.46%Age 12.15
30Full Moon🌕 96.74%Age 13.06
31Full Moon🌕 99.27%Age 13.96