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Lunar phase today Herat

Lunar Day 54

Moon phase today January 16, 2026

What is moon today in Herat?

Today's lunar phase in Herat, Afghanistan, the moon is in 🌘 the Waning Crescent phase, with 4.93% illumination, with an age of 27.43 days. The current distance between Herat, Afghanistan and the moon is 402,763.19km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 34.352865 and longitude 62.204029 also base on Time zone Asia/Kabul because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Friday, January 16, 2026
06:20:17 PM
Lunar Day 54
Waning Crescent
4.93%
Herat
Afghanistan
  • Location:
    Afghanistan, Herat
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    27.43
  • Illumination:
    4.93%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    05:43/15:08
  • Altitude:
    5.92°
  • Period:
    🕑 9 Hours and 25 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.33°
  • Distance to Herat:
    402,763.19km
  • Next full Moon:
    February 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    15 Days, 22 Hours and 56 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

January 17, 2026
Lunar Day 27
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 3.98%
Rise
06:33
Set
16:05
January 18, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 1.06%
Rise
07:18
Set
17:06
January 19, 2026
Lunar Day 29
New Moon
Illumination: 0%
Rise
07:57
Set
18:09
January 20, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.95%
Rise
08:30
Set
19:13
January 21, 2026
Lunar Day 1
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 3.98%
Rise
09:00
Set
20:16
January 22, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 9.07%
Rise
09:28
Set
21:19
January 23, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 16.09%
Rise
09:54
Set
22:22

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 MoonSunday, December 21, 202508:3718:130.49%0.66
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, December 27, 202511:5000:0039.52%6.39
🌕 Full MoonFriday, January 2, 202616:0306:2796.2%12.92
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, January 9, 202623:5511:0667.97%20.42

Moon Phase Calendar for January, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 90.24%Age 11.78
2Full Moon🌕 96.2%Age 12.92
3Full Moon🌕 99.45%Age 14.07
4Full Moon🌕 99.78%Age 15.2
5Full Moon🌕 97.31%Age 16.31
6Waning Gibbous🌖 92.37%Age 17.4
7Waning Gibbous🌖 85.47%Age 18.44
8Waning Gibbous🌖 77.16%Age 19.45
9Last Quarter🌗 67.97%Age 20.42
10Last Quarter🌗 58.33%Age 21.36
11Last Quarter🌗 48.62%Age 22.28
12Last Quarter🌗 39.14%Age 23.18
13Waning Crescent🌘 30.15%Age 24.07
14Waning Crescent🌘 21.9%Age 24.95
15Waning Crescent🌘 14.63%Age 25.84
16Waning Crescent🌘 8.58%Age 26.74
17Waning Crescent🌘 3.98%Age 27.64
18New Moon🌑 1.06%Age 28.56
19New Moon🌑 0%Age 29.5
20New Moon🌑 0.95%Age 0.92
21Waxing Crescent🌒 3.98%Age 1.89
22Waxing Crescent🌒 9.07%Age 2.88
23Waxing Crescent🌒 16.09%Age 3.88
24Waxing Crescent🌒 24.8%Age 4.9
25First Quarter🌓 34.85%Age 5.94
26First Quarter🌓 45.79%Age 6.99
27First Quarter🌓 57.11%Age 8.05
28First Quarter🌓 68.21%Age 9.13
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.47%Age 10.23
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 87.27%Age 11.34
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.03%Age 12.45