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Moon Information For August 21 2018 (New Zealand)

Moon August 21, 2018 (New Zealand)

The Moon information shown here applies to Wellington, New Zealand on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Local time Pacific/Auckland)

Moonrise to moonset9h0m
Moonrise13:03
Moonset04:03
Distance to the center of the Sun151,351,408 km
Distance to the center of Earth400,387 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)70.7%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonSagittarius ♐
Moon age (days past new moon)9.4

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in August 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and AldebaranAugust 7Aldebaran is 1.1 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusAugust 15Venus is 6.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterAugust 17Jupiter is 4.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Saturn2018-08-21 21:55Saturn is 2.4 degrees South of the Moon.

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