January 1, 2026
The sky over Houston
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
98% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
3:47 PM – 5:42 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades83° up
- M44 — Praesepe19° up
- M31 — Andromeda55° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula43° up
- M47 — 15° up
- M41 — 20° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Houston — a waxing gibbous, 98% lit. Local time here is estimated from Houston'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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