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 6%
2 1%
3 0%
4 2%
5 6%
6 13%
7 22%
8 33%
9 44%
10 54%
11 65%
12 74%
13 82%
14 89%
15 94%
16 98%
17 100%
18 100%
19 98%
20 94%
21 89%
22 83%
23 75%
24 66%
25 56%
26 45%
27 35%
28 24%
29 15%
30 8%
31 2%

Darkest night

Sat 3 July · 0%

Fullest

Sat 17 July · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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