The moon, month by month

Worked out for the Reno area. The dark nights are marked — those are the ones worth driving out for, when the faint things are visible. A bright moon is not a wasted night: it is the best time to look at craters and mountains, and at the planets.

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1 52%
2 41%
3 30%
4 20%
5 11%
6 5%
7 1%
8 0%
9 2%
10 7%
11 14%
12 22%
13 32%
14 42%
15 52%
16 61%
17 70%
18 79%
19 86%
20 92%
21 96%
22 99%
23 100%
24 99%
25 96%
26 92%
27 85%
28 77%

Darkest night

Tue 8 February · 0%

Fullest

Wed 23 February · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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