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 59%
2 69%
3 79%
4 88%
5 94%
6 99%
7 100%
8 98%
9 94%
10 87%
11 78%
12 67%
13 57%
14 46%
15 36%
16 27%
17 19%
18 12%
19 6%
20 2%
21 0%
22 0%
23 2%
24 5%
25 10%
26 17%
27 25%
28 34%
29 44%
30 54%

Darkest night

Mon 21 June · 0%

Fullest

Mon 7 June · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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