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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 34

Moon phase today August 30, 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 93.13% illumination, with an age of 17.26 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 379,864.57km.

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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 30, 2026
05:19:28 PM
Lunar Day 34
Waning Gibbous
93.13%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    17.26
  • Illumination:
    93.13%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    20:28/08:09
  • Altitude:
    37.51°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 19 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.04°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    379,864.57km
  • Next full Moon:
    September 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    26 Days, 0 Hours and 22 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

August 31, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 91.52%
Rise
21:12
Set
08:58
September 1, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 84.45%
Rise
21:59
Set
09:49
September 2, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 75.61%
Rise
22:51
Set
10:43
September 3, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 65.4%
Rise
23:48
Set
11:42
September 4, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 54.3%
Rise
00:00
Set
12:44
September 5, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 42.88%
Rise
00:48
Set
13:47
September 6, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 31.74%
Rise
01:52
Set
14:49

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 MoonThursday, August 13, 202607:0519:390.07%0.25
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, August 19, 202611:5823:5838.91%6.33
🌕 Full MoonThursday, August 27, 202618:2405:4998.45%13.59
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, September 3, 202623:4811:4265.4%20.68

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