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 31%
2 40%
3 50%
4 59%
5 68%
6 77%
7 84%
8 91%
9 96%
10 99%
11 100%
12 99%
13 95%
14 88%
15 80%
16 70%
17 59%
18 48%
19 36%
20 26%
21 17%
22 9%
23 4%
24 1%
25 0%
26 1%
27 5%
28 9%
29 16%
30 23%
31 32%

Darkest night

Fri 25 January · 0%

Fullest

Fri 11 January · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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