December 31, 2026
The sky over Chicago
New Year's Eve
Moon
Waning crescent
37% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
12:29 AM – 11:35 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades72° up
- M44 — Praesepe26° up
- M31 — Andromeda55° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula37° up
- M47 — 14° up
- M41 — 15° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was below the horizon over Chicago — it was a waning crescent that night, just not up yet. Local time here is estimated from Chicago'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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