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 50%
2 40%
3 31%
4 23%
5 15%
6 9%
7 4%
8 1%
9 0%
10 2%
11 6%
12 13%
13 21%
14 31%
15 42%
16 54%
17 65%
18 75%
19 84%
20 91%
21 96%
22 99%
23 100%
24 98%
25 95%
26 90%
27 83%
28 75%
29 67%
30 58%
31 48%

Darkest night

Fri 9 March · 0%

Fullest

Fri 23 March · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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