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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 50

Moon phase today August 9, 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 13.63% illumination, with an age of 25.98 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 363,509.73km.

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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.
Sunday, August 9, 2026
03:12:27 PM
Lunar Day 50
Waning Crescent
13.63%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌘 Waning Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    25.98
  • Illumination:
    13.63%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    02:58/15:58
  • Altitude:
    2.91°
  • Period:
    🕑 13 Hours and 0 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    31.39°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    363,509.73km
  • Next full Moon:
    August 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    18 Days, 3 Hours and 11 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 10, 2026
Lunar Day 26
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 10.76%
Rise
04:04
Set
17:00
August 11, 2026
Lunar Day 27
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 4.49%
Rise
05:08
Set
17:58
August 12, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 0.86%
Rise
06:08
Set
18:51
August 13, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.07%
Rise
07:05
Set
19:39
August 14, 2026
Lunar Day 1
New Moon
Illumination: 2.03%
Rise
07:57
Set
20:23
August 15, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 6.43%
Rise
08:46
Set
21:06
August 16, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 12.81%
Rise
09:34
Set
21:47

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, July 15, 202607:2720:130.44%0.63
🌓 First QuarterMonday, July 20, 202611:4323:5335.1%5.96
🌕 Full MoonTuesday, July 28, 202618:1705:2797.41%13.25
🌗 Last QuarterWednesday, August 5, 202600:0011:5262.52%20.96

Moon Phase Calendar for August, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1Waning Gibbous🌖 94.57%Age 16.98
2Waning Gibbous🌖 88.99%Age 17.94
3Waning Gibbous🌖 81.61%Age 18.93
4Waning Gibbous🌖 72.68%Age 19.94
5Last Quarter🌗 62.52%Age 20.96
6Last Quarter🌗 51.55%Age 22
7Last Quarter🌗 40.28%Age 23.07
8Waning Crescent🌘 29.29%Age 24.16
9Waning Crescent🌘 19.23%Age 25.26
10Waning Crescent🌘 10.76%Age 26.39
11Waning Crescent🌘 4.49%Age 27.52
12New Moon🌑 0.86%Age 28.66
13New Moon🌑 0.07%Age 0.25
14New Moon🌑 2.03%Age 1.34
15Waxing Crescent🌒 6.43%Age 2.41
16Waxing Crescent🌒 12.81%Age 3.44
17Waxing Crescent🌒 20.66%Age 4.44
18Waxing Crescent🌒 29.5%Age 5.4
19First Quarter🌓 38.91%Age 6.33
20First Quarter🌓 48.52%Age 7.24
21First Quarter🌓 58.05%Age 8.14
22First Quarter🌓 67.21%Age 9.03
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 75.75%Age 9.92
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 83.41%Age 10.82
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.92%Age 11.73
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.02%Age 12.65
27Full Moon🌕 98.45%Age 13.59
28Full Moon🌕 99.95%Age 14.55
29Full Moon🌕 99.34%Age 15.53
30Full Moon🌕 96.53%Age 16.53
31Waning Gibbous🌖 91.52%Age 17.54