July 20, 2026
The sky over Charlotte
the Apollo 11 Moon landing anniversary
Moon
First quarter
46% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
12:02 PM – 11:15 PM
Also up that night
- M7 — Ptolemy´s Cluster17° up
- M6 — Butterfly Cluster21° up
- M24 — Milky Way patch31° up
- M25 — 29° up
- M39 — 35° up
- M22 — 24° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Charlotte — a first quarter, 46% lit. Local time here is estimated from Charlotte'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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