Astronomical information
Astronomical, including moonrise and moonset tables, and sunrise and sunset tables
Astronomical phenomena July 2021 - June 2022
- Astronomical phenomena (PDF 90KB), including details of the Earth’s orbit, solar and lunar eclipses, times when the Moon is closest and furthest from Earth (lunar perigee and apogee) and the phases of the Moon.
- Planet visibility (PDF 183KB)
Moonrise & moonset tables July 2021 - June 2022
- Auckland (PDF 55KB)
- Bluff (PDF 53KB)
- Lyttelton (PDF 53KB)
- Waitangi, Chatham Island (PDF 53KB)
- Wellington (PDF 78KB)
Sunrise & sunset tables July 2021 - June 2022
- Auckland, Bluff, Dunedin, East Cape, Gisborne, Lyttleton (PDF 59KB)
- Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, North Cape, Picton, Puysegur Point (PDF 59KB)
- Tauranga, Timaru, (Waitangi, Chatham Islands), Wellington, Westport, Whangarei (PDF 60KB)
- True bearing of the sun at sunrise and sunset (PDF 62KB)
Source of astronomical information
All astronomical information has been prepared using software produced by the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) and from data published on the Internet by the USNO and HM Nautical Almanac Office.
Last Updated:
1 July 2021