January 1, 2026
The sky over Melbourne
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
95% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
5:57 PM – 2:13 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades28° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula46° up
- M47 — 30° up
- M41 — 43° up
- M35 — 17° up
- M33 — Triangulum17° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Melbourne — a waxing gibbous, 95% lit. Local time here is estimated from Melbourne'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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