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Lunar phase today Wellington

Lunar Day 38

Moon phase today May 7, 2026

What is moon today in Wellington?

Today's lunar phase in Wellington, 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 Wellington, NEW ZEALAND and the moon is 403,217.12km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -41.3205677 and longitude 174.7940778 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 7, 2026
07:16:52 AM
Lunar Day 38
Waning Gibbous
78.18%
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
  • Location:
    NEW ZEALAND, Wellington
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    19.33
  • Illumination:
    78.18%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    21:04/12:09
  • Altitude:
    44.13°
  • Period:
    🕑 8 Hours and 55 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.3°
  • Distance to Wellington:
    403,217.12km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    23 Days, 8 Hours and 30 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 8, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 72.45%
Rise
22:07
Set
12:46
May 9, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 63.47%
Rise
23:13
Set
13:17
May 10, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 53.82%
Rise
00:00
Set
13:43
May 11, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 43.78%
Rise
00:19
Set
14:06
May 12, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 33.69%
Rise
01:27
Set
14:27
May 13, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 23.98%
Rise
02:35
Set
14:49
May 14, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 15.16%
Rise
03:47
Set
15:13

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, April 18, 202607:3117:450%0.01
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202613:2422:2832.07%5.66
🌕 Full MoonFriday, May 1, 202616:4606:2498.59%13.65
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, May 9, 202623:1313:1763.47%20.87

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