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Lunar phase today Nairobi

Lunar Day 56

Moon phase today April 16, 2026

What is moon today in Nairobi?

Today's lunar phase in Nairobi, KENYA, the moon is in 🌑 the New Moon phase, with 0.85% illumination, with an age of 28.66 days. The current distance between Nairobi, KENYA and the moon is 372,080.94km.

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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.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
08:05:10 PM
Lunar Day 56
New Moon
0.85%
Nairobi
KENYA
  • Location:
    KENYA, Nairobi
  • Moon phase:
    🌑 New Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    28.66
  • Illumination:
    0.85%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    05:19/17:42
  • Altitude:
    36.61°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 23 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.67°
  • Distance to Nairobi:
    372,080.94km
  • Next full Moon:
    April 30, 2026 at 5:35 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    13 Days, 21 Hours and 29 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

April 17, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 0.53%
Rise
06:10
Set
18:32
April 18, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.22%
Rise
07:04
Set
19:28
April 19, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 2.8%
Rise
08:03
Set
20:28
April 20, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 8.16%
Rise
09:06
Set
21:32
April 21, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 15.92%
Rise
10:11
Set
22:37
April 22, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 25.48%
Rise
11:16
Set
23:40
April 23, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 36.17%
Rise
12:16
Set
00:00

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 MoonFriday, March 20, 202607:3219:530.88%0.88
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, March 25, 202612:2100:0039.37%6.38
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, April 1, 202618:1305:5198.48%13.6
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, April 9, 202600:0012:1162.63%20.95

Moon Phase Calendar for April, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 98.48%Age 13.6
2Full Moon🌕 99.96%Age 14.57
3Full Moon🌕 99.35%Age 15.52
4Full Moon🌕 96.81%Age 16.45
5Waning Gibbous🌖 92.51%Age 17.37
6Waning Gibbous🌖 86.7%Age 18.27
7Waning Gibbous🌖 79.62%Age 19.17
8Waning Gibbous🌖 71.51%Age 20.06
9Last Quarter🌗 62.63%Age 20.95
10Last Quarter🌗 53.22%Age 21.84
11Last Quarter🌗 43.55%Age 22.76
12Last Quarter🌗 33.91%Age 23.69
13Waning Crescent🌘 24.64%Age 24.65
14Waning Crescent🌘 16.16%Age 25.64
15Waning Crescent🌘 8.96%Age 26.67
16New Moon🌑 3.58%Age 27.74
17New Moon🌑 0.53%Age 28.84
18New Moon🌑 0.22%Age 0.44
19New Moon🌑 2.8%Age 1.58
20Waxing Crescent🌒 8.16%Age 2.72
21Waxing Crescent🌒 15.92%Age 3.86
22Waxing Crescent🌒 25.48%Age 4.97
23First Quarter🌓 36.17%Age 6.07
24First Quarter🌓 47.33%Age 7.13
25First Quarter🌓 58.35%Age 8.17
26First Quarter🌓 68.74%Age 9.19
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.07%Age 10.18
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86%Age 11.16
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.29%Age 12.12
30Full Moon🌕 96.76%Age 13.06