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 39%
2 29%
3 21%
4 13%
5 7%
6 2%
7 0%
8 1%
9 4%
10 10%
11 18%
12 28%
13 39%
14 50%
15 62%
16 72%
17 81%
18 89%
19 94%
20 98%
21 100%
22 100%
23 98%
24 94%
25 88%
26 82%
27 74%
28 65%
29 56%
30 46%

Darkest night

Sat 7 April · 0%

Fullest

Sat 21 April · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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