December 31, 2026
The sky over Cape Town
New Year's Eve
Moon
Waning crescent
40% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
11:48 PM – 12:30 PM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades32° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula53° up
- M47 — 37° up
- M41 — 50° up
- M35 — 24° up
- M37 — 18° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was below the horizon over Cape Town — it was a waning crescent that night, just not up yet. Local time here is estimated from Cape Town'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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