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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 52

Moon phase today January 15, 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 12.24% illumination, with an age of 26.17 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 405,017.45km.

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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.
Thursday, January 15, 2026
05:22:05 AM
Lunar Day 52
Waning Crescent
12.24%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    26.17
  • Illumination:
    12.24%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    03:59/15:56
  • Altitude:
    17.05°
  • Period:
    🕑 11 Hours and 57 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.17°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    405,017.45km
  • Next full Moon:
    February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    17 Days, 13 Hours and 12 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

January 16, 2026
Lunar Day 26
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 7.82%
Rise
04:51
Set
16:48
January 17, 2026
Lunar Day 27
New Moon
Illumination: 3.45%
Rise
05:44
Set
17:42
January 18, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 0.78%
Rise
06:34
Set
18:34
January 19, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.01%
Rise
07:23
Set
19:26
January 20, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 1.26%
Rise
08:09
Set
20:16
January 21, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4.6%
Rise
08:52
Set
21:04
January 22, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 9.98%
Rise
09:35
Set
21:52

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, 202507:5019:480.71%0.79
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, December 27, 202512:1600:0041.06%6.54
🌕 Full MoonFriday, January 2, 202617:4605:3996.85%13.09
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, January 9, 202600:0011:3666.58%20.56

Moon Phase Calendar for January, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.27%Age 11.95
2Full Moon🌕 96.85%Age 13.09
3Full Moon🌕 99.68%Age 14.23
4Full Moon🌕 99.59%Age 15.37
5Full Moon🌕 96.73%Age 16.47
6Waning Gibbous🌖 91.47%Age 17.55
7Waning Gibbous🌖 84.33%Age 18.59
8Waning Gibbous🌖 75.86%Age 19.59
9Last Quarter🌗 66.58%Age 20.56
10Last Quarter🌗 56.91%Age 21.5
11Last Quarter🌗 47.22%Age 22.41
12Last Quarter🌗 37.79%Age 23.31
13Waning Crescent🌘 28.9%Age 24.2
14Waning Crescent🌘 20.78%Age 25.08
15Waning Crescent🌘 13.67%Age 25.97
16Waning Crescent🌘 7.82%Age 26.87
17New Moon🌑 3.45%Age 27.77
18New Moon🌑 0.78%Age 28.7
19New Moon🌑 0.01%Age 0.1
20New Moon🌑 1.26%Age 1.06
21Waxing Crescent🌒 4.6%Age 2.03
22Waxing Crescent🌒 9.98%Age 3.02
23Waxing Crescent🌒 17.27%Age 4.03
24Waxing Crescent🌒 26.19%Age 5.05
25First Quarter🌓 36.4%Age 6.09
26First Quarter🌓 47.43%Age 7.14
27First Quarter🌓 58.75%Age 8.21
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 69.77%Age 9.29
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 79.86%Age 10.39
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 88.4%Age 11.5
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.82%Age 12.61