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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 16

Moon phase today September 20, 2026

What is moon today in Benin City?

Today's lunar phase in Benin City, NIGERIA, the moon is in 🌓 the First Quarter phase, with 66.8% illumination, with an age of 8.99 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 404,427.13km.

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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, September 20, 2026
05:06:29 PM
Lunar Day 16
First Quarter
66.8%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌓 First Quarter
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    8.99
  • Illumination:
    66.8%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    14:04/01:11
  • Altitude:
    -43.74°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 53 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.22°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    404,427.13km
  • Next full Moon:
    September 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    5 Days, 0 Hours and 35 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

September 21, 2026
Lunar Day 9
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 69.36%
Rise
14:51
Set
02:02
September 22, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 77.84%
Rise
15:36
Set
02:52
September 23, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 85.43%
Rise
16:19
Set
03:41
September 24, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 91.78%
Rise
17:01
Set
04:28
September 25, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 96.54%
Rise
17:42
Set
05:15
September 26, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.35%
Rise
18:24
Set
06:02
September 27, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.92%
Rise
19:08
Set
06:51

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 MoonSaturday, September 12, 202607:2419:400.83%0.86
🌓 First QuarterThursday, September 17, 202611:3123:2832.25%5.68
🌕 Full MoonFriday, September 25, 202617:4205:1596.54%13.01
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, October 2, 202623:4611:4168.16%20.4

Moon Phase Calendar for September, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
  
1Waning Gibbous🌖 84.45%Age 18.58
2Waning Gibbous🌖 75.61%Age 19.62
3Last Quarter🌗 65.4%Age 20.68
4Last Quarter🌗 54.3%Age 21.74
5Last Quarter🌗 42.88%Age 22.82
6Last Quarter🌗 31.74%Age 23.9
7Waning Crescent🌘 21.51%Age 25
8Waning Crescent🌘 12.78%Age 26.09
9Waning Crescent🌘 6.08%Age 27.19
10New Moon🌑 1.77%Age 28.27
11New Moon🌑 0.04%Age 29.34
12New Moon🌑 0.83%Age 0.86
13Waxing Crescent🌒 3.94%Age 1.88
14Waxing Crescent🌒 9.02%Age 2.87
15Waxing Crescent🌒 15.69%Age 3.83
16Waxing Crescent🌒 23.55%Age 4.76
17First Quarter🌓 32.25%Age 5.68
18First Quarter🌓 41.46%Age 6.58
19First Quarter🌓 50.89%Age 7.47
20First Quarter🌓 60.28%Age 8.36
21Waxing Gibbous🌔 69.36%Age 9.25
22Waxing Gibbous🌔 77.84%Age 10.16
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 85.43%Age 11.08
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.78%Age 12.03
25Full Moon🌕 96.54%Age 13.01
26Full Moon🌕 99.35%Age 14.01
27Full Moon🌕 99.92%Age 15.04
28Full Moon🌕 98.04%Age 16.09
29Waning Gibbous🌖 93.68%Age 17.15
30Waning Gibbous🌖 87%Age 18.23