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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 38

Moon phase today April 6, 2026

What is moon today in Benin City?

Today's lunar phase in Benin City, NIGERIA, the moon is in 🌖 the Waning Gibbous phase, with 80.77% illumination, with an age of 19.03 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 405,447.05km.

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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, April 6, 2026
06:19:56 PM
Lunar Day 38
Waning Gibbous
80.77%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    19.03
  • Illumination:
    80.77%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    22:24/09:32
  • Altitude:
    36.32°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 52 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.14°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    405,447.05km
  • Next full Moon:
    April 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    23 Days, 23 Hours and 32 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

April 7, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 78.98%
Rise
23:16
Set
10:21
April 8, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 70.8%
Rise
00:00
Set
11:13
April 9, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 61.86%
Rise
00:08
Set
12:04
April 10, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 52.42%
Rise
00:58
Set
12:56
April 11, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 42.74%
Rise
01:46
Set
13:47
April 12, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 33.12%
Rise
02:31
Set
14:36
April 13, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 23.9%
Rise
03:15
Set
15:26

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, 202607:3620:091.07%0.97
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, March 25, 202612:1400:1040.31%6.47
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, April 1, 202618:2405:5998.68%13.68
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, April 9, 202600:0812:0461.86%21.02

Moon Phase Calendar for April, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 98.68%Age 13.68
2Full Moon🌕 99.99%Age 14.65
3Full Moon🌕 99.21%Age 15.6
4Full Moon🌕 96.51%Age 16.53
5Waning Gibbous🌖 92.08%Age 17.45
6Waning Gibbous🌖 86.16%Age 18.35
7Waning Gibbous🌖 78.98%Age 19.24
8Waning Gibbous🌖 70.8%Age 20.13
9Last Quarter🌗 61.86%Age 21.02
10Last Quarter🌗 52.42%Age 21.92
11Last Quarter🌗 42.74%Age 22.83
12Last Quarter🌗 33.12%Age 23.77
13Waning Crescent🌘 23.9%Age 24.73
14Waning Crescent🌘 15.5%Age 25.73
15Waning Crescent🌘 8.43%Age 26.76
16New Moon🌑 3.23%Age 27.83
17New Moon🌑 0.4%Age 28.94
18New Moon🌑 0.32%Age 0.53
19New Moon🌑 3.14%Age 1.68
20Waxing Crescent🌒 8.73%Age 2.82
21Waxing Crescent🌒 16.65%Age 3.95
22Waxing Crescent🌒 26.33%Age 5.07
23First Quarter🌓 37.09%Age 6.15
24First Quarter🌓 48.26%Age 7.22
25First Quarter🌓 59.25%Age 8.26
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 69.57%Age 9.27
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.79%Age 10.27
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86.59%Age 11.24
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.73%Age 12.2
30Full Moon🌕 97.05%Age 13.14