Moon in Nuku'alofa Today — Waning Gibbous
Current lunar phase and 30-day moon calendar for Nuku'alofa, Tonga. Updated hourly.
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga — 3. Mai 2026
Waning Gibbous
96% illuminated · 16.6 days into cycle
Lunar Data for Nuku'alofa — Today
| Moonrise | 19:01 |
| Moonset | 9:03 |
| Phase | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| Illumination | 96% |
| Moon Age | 16.6 days into lunar cycle |
| Distance | 404,852 km |
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Next Full Moon
30. Mai 2026
Flower Moon
in 28 days
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Next New Moon
15. Mai 2026
in 13 days
Moon in Nuku'alofa — Did You Know?
- ·Nuku'alofa maintains Tongan traditions of the moon guiding fishing expeditions and marking important cultural ceremonies and feasts.
- ·Nuku'alofa's tropical island location offers ocean horizons ideal for observing the moon's position relative to star paths.
- ·Nuku'alofa at latitude -21.1394° S experiences a maximum lunar altitude of 90°. The moon arcs through the northern sky, with the moon's highest point occurring when it crosses the meridian.
30-Day Moon Phase Calendar — Nuku'alofa
| Date | Phase | Illumination |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 96% |
| 4. Mai | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 91% |
| 5. Mai | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 84% |
| 6. Mai | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 75% |
| 7. Mai | 🌗Last Quarter | 66% |
| 8. Mai | 🌗Last Quarter | 55% |
| 9. Mai | 🌗Last Quarter | 45% |
| 10. Mai | 🌗Last Quarter | 34% |
| 11. Mai | 🌘Waning Crescent | 25% |
| 12. Mai | 🌘Waning Crescent | 16% |
| 13. Mai | 🌘Waning Crescent | 9% |
| 14. Mai | 🌘Waning Crescent | 4% |
| 15. Mai | 🌑New Moon | 1% |
| 16. Mai | 🌑New Moon | 0% |
| 17. Mai | 🌑New Moon | 1% |
| 18. Mai | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 5% |
| 19. Mai | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 11% |
| 20. Mai | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 18% |
| 21. Mai | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 27% |
| 22. Mai | 🌓First Quarter | 37% |
| 23. Mai | 🌓First Quarter | 47% |
| 24. Mai | 🌓First Quarter | 58% |
| 25. Mai | 🌓First Quarter | 68% |
| 26. Mai | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 77% |
| 27. Mai | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 86% |
| 28. Mai | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 92% |
| 29. Mai | 🌕Full Moon | 97% |
| 30. Mai | 🌕Full Moon | 100% |
| 31. Mai | 🌕Full Moon | 100% |
| 1. Juni | 🌕Full Moon | 98% |
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Tonight the moon in Nuku'alofa is in the Waning Gibbous phase. It is 96% illuminated and 16.6 days into the current lunar cycle. Moon phases are the same worldwide — only the exact local clock time of moonrise and moonset differs by location.
The next full moon occurs on 30. Mai 2026, which is 28 days from today. During a full moon the Moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth.
The next new moon occurs on 15. Mai 2026, in 13 days. The new moon marks the start of a fresh 29.5-day lunar cycle and is not visible in the night sky.
A lunar (synodic) cycle lasts approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes — or 29.53 days. It runs from one new moon to the next, passing through 8 distinct phases: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
No — the moon phase (the fraction of the Moon illuminated) is the same everywhere on Earth at any given moment. However, moonrise and moonset times, as well as the moon's altitude in the sky, vary by location. The moon also appears upside-down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere.
The moon rises at approximately 19:01 local time in Nuku'alofa tonight. Moonrise shifts about 50 minutes later each night as the Moon moves eastward along its orbit, completing a full cycle roughly every 29.5 days.
The next full moon on 30. Mai 2026 is known as the Flower Moon. These traditional names — originating with Native American tribes and later adopted in the Farmer's Almanac — each reflect a seasonal event or natural phenomenon of that month visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
No — the Moon is currently at approximately 404,852 km, a typical orbital distance. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the Moon being within roughly 360,000 km of Earth (near perigee). The Moon's distance varies between ~356,500 km (perigee) and ~406,700 km (apogee) over each ~27.3-day anomalistic month.
From Nuku'alofa at 21.1°S latitude, the full moon's maximum altitude above the horizon varies by season. In the local hemisphere's winter — when the full moon is opposite a low winter sun — it can reach roughly 90° above the horizon. In summer it arcs lower, around 45°. This seasonal variation is the same reason the sun is high in summer and low in winter.
The Moon's phase is identical everywhere on Earth simultaneously. However, its orientation in the sky differs by hemisphere: in the Northern Hemisphere the waxing crescent curves to the left; in the Southern Hemisphere it curves to the right. From Nuku'alofa at 21.1°S, the Moon arcs through the northern sky. Moonrise and moonset times also differ by longitude — a city 15° to the east sees the Moon rise roughly 1 hour earlier.
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