January 1, 2026
The sky over Kuala Lumpur
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
96% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
4:11 PM – 3:53 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades69° up
- M44 — Praesepe13° up
- M31 — Andromeda36° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula58° up
- M47 — 27° up
- M41 — 37° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Kuala Lumpur — a waxing gibbous, 96% lit. Local time here is estimated from Kuala Lumpur'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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