OBSERVATORY / NEW ZEALAND
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory
Mount John summit, Takapō / Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
43.9867° S · 170.4650° E · 1,029 m above sea level
Calculated for September 21, 2026 (Pacific/Auckland · UTC+12:00 at calculation).
Tonight's Moon
Waxing Gibbous · 74% illuminated
Moonrise 12:28 · Moonset 03:47
Times are for local date 2026-09-21.
The Moon image shows its phase, not its orientation in the local sky.
Facility-local time (Pacific/Auckland · UTC+12:00 at calculation). These are astronomical event times, not venue hours.
Visit information
Public visits through the booked Dark Sky Project Summit Experience, including return transport. Check in at the operator’s town base; these sky calculations use the summit, not the departure point.
Hours, prices, reservations and weather can change. Check the official venue information before travelling.
Record checked 2026-09-21. Source ↗ · Coordinate source ↗
The dark part of the night
Astronomical night is shown in separate facility-local intervals for 2026-09-21 evening through the following morning.
- 20:15 (UTC+12:00) — Sep 22 · 04:45 (UTC+12:00)
Moon-free intervals within that night:
- Sep 22 · 04:30 (UTC+12:00) — Sep 22 · 04:45 (UTC+12:00)
The chart shows astronomical twilight, Moon altitude and geometric planet positions. It does not describe venue access, weather, haze, light pollution or local obstructions.