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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 6

Moon phase today July 17, 2026

What is moon today in Benin City?

Today's lunar phase in Benin City, NIGERIA, the moon is in 🌒 the Waxing Crescent phase, with 12.23% illumination, with an age of 3.36 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 376,764.19km.

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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.
Friday, July 17, 2026
10:50:15 AM
Lunar Day 6
Waxing Crescent
12.23%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌒 Waxing Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    3.36
  • Illumination:
    12.23%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    09:19/21:49
  • Altitude:
    21.07°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 30 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.29°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    376,764.19km
  • Next full Moon:
    July 28, 2026 at 6:17 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    11 Days, 7 Hours and 26 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

July 18, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 16.56%
Rise
10:09
Set
22:31
July 19, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 25.44%
Rise
10:56
Set
23:12
July 20, 2026
Lunar Day 5
First Quarter
Illumination: 35.1%
Rise
11:43
Set
23:53
July 21, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 45.07%
Rise
12:29
Set
00:00
July 22, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 54.96%
Rise
13:16
Set
00:34
July 23, 2026
Lunar Day 8
First Quarter
Illumination: 64.46%
Rise
14:05
Set
01:18
July 24, 2026
Lunar Day 9
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 73.3%
Rise
14:55
Set
02:04

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 July, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 99.17%Age 15.62
2Full Moon🌕 96.5%Age 16.53
3Waning Gibbous🌖 92.04%Age 17.45
4Waning Gibbous🌖 85.88%Age 18.39
5Waning Gibbous🌖 78.17%Age 19.33
6Waning Gibbous🌖 69.15%Age 20.3
7Last Quarter🌗 59.07%Age 21.29
8Last Quarter🌗 48.32%Age 22.31
9Last Quarter🌗 37.33%Age 23.35
10Waning Crescent🌘 26.67%Age 24.43
11Waning Crescent🌘 16.97%Age 25.54
12Waning Crescent🌘 8.93%Age 26.68
13New Moon🌑 3.22%Age 27.83
14New Moon🌑 0.32%Age 29
15New Moon🌑 0.44%Age 0.63
16New Moon🌑 3.48%Age 1.76
17Waxing Crescent🌒 9.04%Age 2.87
18Waxing Crescent🌒 16.56%Age 3.94
19Waxing Crescent🌒 25.44%Age 4.97
20First Quarter🌓 35.1%Age 5.96
21First Quarter🌓 45.07%Age 6.92
22First Quarter🌓 54.96%Age 7.85
23First Quarter🌓 64.46%Age 8.76
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 73.3%Age 9.66
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 81.24%Age 10.55
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 88.05%Age 11.45
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 93.5%Age 12.34
28Full Moon🌕 97.41%Age 13.25
29Full Moon🌕 99.58%Age 14.16
30Full Moon🌕 99.89%Age 15.08
31Full Moon🌕 98.22%Age 16.02