January 1, 2026
The sky over Atlanta
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
98% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
2:48 PM – 5:09 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades79° up
- M44 — Praesepe29° up
- M31 — Andromeda49° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula46° up
- M47 — 21° up
- M41 — 24° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Atlanta — a waxing gibbous, 98% lit. Local time here is estimated from Atlanta's longitude rather than looked up from a timezone database — within about an hour almost everywhere (see the free generator for the same trade-off spelled out).
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