July 20, 2026
The sky over New York
the Apollo 11 Moon landing anniversary
Moon
First quarter
46% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
11:40 AM – 10:38 PM
Also up that night
- M7 — Ptolemy´s Cluster13° up
- M6 — Butterfly Cluster16° up
- M24 — Milky Way patch28° up
- M25 — 26° up
- M39 — 42° up
- M22 — 22° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over New York — a first quarter, 46% lit. Local time here is estimated from New York'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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