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 58%
2 48%
3 37%
4 27%
5 18%
6 10%
7 4%
8 1%
9 0%
10 3%
11 9%
12 16%
13 26%
14 36%
15 47%
16 58%
17 68%
18 76%
19 84%
20 91%
21 95%
22 98%
23 100%
24 100%
25 97%
26 94%
27 88%
28 81%
29 73%
30 63%

Darkest night

Wed 9 September · 0%

Fullest

Wed 23 September · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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