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Lunar phase today Benin City

Lunar Day 20

Moon phase today April 26, 2026

What is moon today in Benin City?

Today's lunar phase in Benin City, NIGERIA, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 77.7% illumination, with an age of 10.14 days. The current distance between Benin City, NIGERIA and the moon is 381,859.49km.

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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, April 26, 2026
08:58:01 PM
Lunar Day 20
Waxing Gibbous
77.7%
Benin City
NIGERIA
  • Location:
    NIGERIA, Benin City
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    10.14
  • Illumination:
    77.7%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    14:50/02:36
  • Altitude:
    -54.88°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 14 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.88°
  • Distance to Benin City:
    381,859.49km
  • Next full Moon:
    April 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    3 Days, 20 Hours and 53 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

April 27, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 78.79%
Rise
15:37
Set
03:18
April 28, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 86.59%
Rise
16:21
Set
03:58
April 29, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 92.73%
Rise
17:06
Set
04:37
April 30, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.05%
Rise
17:52
Set
05:17
May 1, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.46%
Rise
18:38
Set
05:58
May 2, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.94%
Rise
19:28
Set
06:41
May 3, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.56%
Rise
20:18
Set
07:27

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, April 18, 202607:0319:500.32%0.53
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202612:1100:0537.09%6.15
🌕 Full MoonThursday, April 30, 202617:5205:1797.05%13.14
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, May 8, 202600:0011:4068.44%20.37

Moon Phase Calendar for April, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 98.68%Age 13.68
2Full Moon🌕 99.99%Age 14.65
3Full Moon🌕 99.21%Age 15.6
4Full Moon🌕 96.51%Age 16.53
5Waning Gibbous🌖 92.08%Age 17.45
6Waning Gibbous🌖 86.16%Age 18.35
7Waning Gibbous🌖 78.98%Age 19.24
8Waning Gibbous🌖 70.8%Age 20.13
9Last Quarter🌗 61.86%Age 21.02
10Last Quarter🌗 52.42%Age 21.92
11Last Quarter🌗 42.74%Age 22.83
12Last Quarter🌗 33.12%Age 23.77
13Waning Crescent🌘 23.9%Age 24.73
14Waning Crescent🌘 15.5%Age 25.73
15Waning Crescent🌘 8.43%Age 26.76
16New Moon🌑 3.23%Age 27.83
17New Moon🌑 0.4%Age 28.94
18New Moon🌑 0.32%Age 0.53
19New Moon🌑 3.14%Age 1.68
20Waxing Crescent🌒 8.73%Age 2.82
21Waxing Crescent🌒 16.65%Age 3.95
22Waxing Crescent🌒 26.33%Age 5.07
23First Quarter🌓 37.09%Age 6.15
24First Quarter🌓 48.26%Age 7.22
25First Quarter🌓 59.25%Age 8.26
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 69.57%Age 9.27
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.79%Age 10.27
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86.59%Age 11.24
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.73%Age 12.2
30Full Moon🌕 97.05%Age 13.14