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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 52

Moon phase today March 16, 2026

What is moon today in Benin City?

Today's lunar phase in Benin City, NIGERIA, the moon is in 🌘 the Waning Crescent phase, with 7.19% illumination, with an age of 26.98 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 388,601.94km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 6.334986 and longitude 5.603746499999943 also base on Time zone Africa/Lagos because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Monday, March 16, 2026
03:17:04 PM
Lunar Day 52
Waning Crescent
7.19%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    26.98
  • Illumination:
    7.19%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    04:40/16:48
  • Altitude:
    -18.82°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 8 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.36°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    388,601.94km
  • Next full Moon:
    April 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    16 Days, 3 Hours and 6 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

March 17, 2026
Lunar Day 27
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 5.32%
Rise
05:24
Set
17:37
March 18, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 1.52%
Rise
06:07
Set
18:26
March 19, 2026
Lunar Day 29
New Moon
Illumination: 0.01%
Rise
06:51
Set
19:17
March 20, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 1.07%
Rise
07:36
Set
20:09
March 21, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4.77%
Rise
08:23
Set
21:05
March 22, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 10.98%
Rise
09:15
Set
22:04
March 23, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 19.34%
Rise
10:11
Set
23:07

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 MoonWednesday, February 18, 202607:3219:470.23%0.45
🌓 First QuarterMonday, February 23, 202611:2100:0032.57%5.71
🌕 Full MoonMonday, March 2, 202618:1005:5797.25%13.2
🌗 Last QuarterTuesday, March 10, 202600:0011:3963.54%20.86

Moon Phase Calendar for March, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.44%Age 12.15
2Full Moon🌕 97.25%Age 13.2
3Full Moon🌕 99.68%Age 14.24
4Full Moon🌕 99.74%Age 15.25
5Full Moon🌕 97.56%Age 16.24
6Waning Gibbous🌖 93.42%Age 17.2
7Waning Gibbous🌖 87.63%Age 18.14
8Waning Gibbous🌖 80.5%Age 19.06
9Waning Gibbous🌖 72.37%Age 19.97
10Last Quarter🌗 63.54%Age 20.86
11Last Quarter🌗 54.26%Age 21.75
12Last Quarter🌗 44.82%Age 22.64
13Last Quarter🌗 35.46%Age 23.53
14Waning Crescent🌘 26.49%Age 24.45
15Waning Crescent🌘 18.22%Age 25.38
16Waning Crescent🌘 11.03%Age 26.35
17Waning Crescent🌘 5.32%Age 27.34
18New Moon🌑 1.52%Age 28.37
19New Moon🌑 0.01%Age 29.42
20New Moon🌑 1.07%Age 0.97
21Waxing Crescent🌒 4.77%Age 2.07
22Waxing Crescent🌒 10.98%Age 3.18
23Waxing Crescent🌒 19.34%Age 4.28
24Waxing Crescent🌒 29.32%Age 5.38
25First Quarter🌓 40.31%Age 6.47
26First Quarter🌓 51.67%Age 7.54
27First Quarter🌓 62.81%Age 8.6
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 73.17%Age 9.65
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.27%Age 10.68
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.72%Age 11.7
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.25%Age 12.7