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Lunar phase today Nairobi

Lunar Day 22

Moon phase today August 24, 2026

What is moon today in Nairobi?

Today's lunar phase in Nairobi, KENYA, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 86.15% illumination, with an age of 11.18 days. The current distance between Nairobi, KENYA and the moon is 403,981.33km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -1.2920659 and longitude 36.8219462 also base on Time zone Africa/Nairobi because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Monday, August 24, 2026
11:32:45 AM
Lunar Day 22
Waxing Gibbous
86.15%
Nairobi
KENYA
  • Location:
    KENYA, Nairobi
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    11.18
  • Illumination:
    86.15%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    15:48/03:27
  • Altitude:
    -45.2°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 21 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.25°
  • Distance to Nairobi:
    403,981.33km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    3 Days, 6 Hours and 36 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 25, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 89.43%
Rise
16:36
Set
04:16
August 26, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 94.66%
Rise
17:24
Set
05:03
August 27, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.23%
Rise
18:09
Set
05:49
August 28, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.9%
Rise
18:54
Set
06:32
August 29, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.48%
Rise
19:38
Set
07:15
August 30, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 96.85%
Rise
20:23
Set
07:59
August 31, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92.02%
Rise
21:10
Set
08:43

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 MoonThursday, August 13, 202607:0319:250.03%0.15
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, August 19, 202611:3600:0038.11%6.25
🌕 Full MoonThursday, August 27, 202618:0905:4998.23%13.51
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202623:5311:1866.29%20.59

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 94.95%Age 16.9
2Waning Gibbous🌖 89.53%Age 17.86
3Waning Gibbous🌖 82.29%Age 18.85
4Waning Gibbous🌖 73.48%Age 19.85
5Last Quarter🌗 63.41%Age 20.87
6Last Quarter🌗 52.49%Age 21.91
7Last Quarter🌗 41.22%Age 22.98
8Waning Crescent🌘 30.18%Age 24.06
9Waning Crescent🌘 20.01%Age 25.17
10Waning Crescent🌘 11.39%Age 26.3
11Waning Crescent🌘 4.92%Age 27.43
12New Moon🌑 1.06%Age 28.56
13New Moon🌑 0.03%Age 0.15
14New Moon🌑 1.77%Age 1.25
15Waxing Crescent🌒 5.98%Age 2.32
16Waxing Crescent🌒 12.21%Age 3.36
17Waxing Crescent🌒 19.96%Age 4.35
18Waxing Crescent🌒 28.74%Age 5.32
19First Quarter🌓 38.11%Age 6.25
20First Quarter🌓 47.72%Age 7.17
21First Quarter🌓 57.26%Age 8.07
22First Quarter🌓 66.46%Age 8.96
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 75.06%Age 9.85
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.81%Age 10.75
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.43%Age 11.65
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.66%Age 12.57
27Full Moon🌕 98.23%Age 13.51
28Full Moon🌕 99.9%Age 14.47
29Full Moon🌕 99.48%Age 15.45
30Full Moon🌕 96.85%Age 16.44
31Waning Gibbous🌖 92.02%Age 17.46