January 1, 2026
The sky over Nairobi
New Year's Day
Moon
Waxing gibbous
97% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
3:52 PM – 3:14 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades64° up
- M44 — Praesepe21° up
- M31 — Andromeda26° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula69° up
- M47 — 38° up
- M41 — 48° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Nairobi — a waxing gibbous, 97% lit. Local time here is estimated from Nairobi'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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