January 1, 2026
The sky over Johannesburg
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
97% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
5:29 PM – 2:53 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades40° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula55° up
- M47 — 33° up
- M41 — 47° up
- M35 — 28° up
- M34 — 20° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Johannesburg — a waxing gibbous, 97% lit. Local time here is estimated from Johannesburg'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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