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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 40

Moon phase today June 6, 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 72.01% illumination, with an age of 20.01 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 394,131.47km.

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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.
Saturday, June 6, 2026
05:01:22 AM
Lunar Day 40
Waning Gibbous
72.01%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    20.01
  • Illumination:
    72.01%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    23:47/11:12
  • Altitude:
    52.78°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 35 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.95°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    394,131.47km
  • Next full Moon:
    June 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    22 Days, 12 Hours and 50 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

June 7, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 64.69%
Rise
00:00
Set
11:58
June 8, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 54.71%
Rise
00:27
Set
12:44
June 9, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 44.24%
Rise
01:08
Set
13:31
June 10, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 33.68%
Rise
01:51
Set
14:20
June 11, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 23.54%
Rise
02:36
Set
15:14
June 12, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 14.45%
Rise
03:26
Set
16:12
June 13, 2026
Lunar Day 26
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 7.09%
Rise
04:22
Set
17:17

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, May 17, 202606:4219:400.02%0.15
🌓 First QuarterFriday, May 22, 202611:5700:0033.65%5.82
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, May 30, 202618:1305:2498.2%13.5
🌗 Last QuarterSunday, June 7, 202600:0011:5864.69%20.75

Moon Phase Calendar for June, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
 
1Full Moon🌕 99.68%Age 15.3
2Full Moon🌕 97.72%Age 16.19
3Waning Gibbous🌖 94.03%Age 17.09
4Waning Gibbous🌖 88.72%Age 17.99
5Waning Gibbous🌖 81.93%Age 18.89
6Waning Gibbous🌖 73.85%Age 19.81
7Last Quarter🌗 64.69%Age 20.75
8Last Quarter🌗 54.71%Age 21.7
9Last Quarter🌗 44.24%Age 22.69
10Last Quarter🌗 33.68%Age 23.71
11Waning Crescent🌘 23.54%Age 24.77
12Waning Crescent🌘 14.45%Age 25.86
13Waning Crescent🌘 7.09%Age 27
14New Moon🌑 2.12%Age 28.16
15New Moon🌑 0.05%Age 29.33
16New Moon🌑 1.07%Age 0.98
17Waxing Crescent🌒 5.08%Age 2.14
18Waxing Crescent🌒 11.62%Age 3.27
19Waxing Crescent🌒 20.09%Age 4.37
20Waxing Crescent🌒 29.79%Age 5.43
21First Quarter🌓 40.11%Age 6.45
22First Quarter🌓 50.52%Age 7.43
23First Quarter🌓 60.61%Age 8.39
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 70.03%Age 9.32
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.51%Age 10.23
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 85.84%Age 11.14
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.8%Age 12.04
28Full Moon🌕 96.24%Age 12.93
29Full Moon🌕 99%Age 13.82
30Full Moon🌕 100%Age 14.72