January 1, 2026
The sky over Manchester
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
97% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
1:22 PM – 7:06 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades61° up
- M44 — Praesepe24° up
- M31 — Andromeda59° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula26° up
- M39 — 36° up
- M35 — 49° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Manchester — a waxing gibbous, 97% lit. Local time here is estimated from Manchester'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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