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 49%
2 39%
3 28%
4 20%
5 12%
6 6%
7 2%
8 0%
9 0%
10 2%
11 5%
12 10%
13 17%
14 24%
15 33%
16 43%
17 53%
18 63%
19 73%
20 82%
21 90%
22 96%
23 99%
24 100%
25 97%
26 92%
27 84%
28 74%
29 64%
30 53%

Darkest night

Fri 8 June · 0%

Fullest

Sun 24 June · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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