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 71%
2 61%
3 51%
4 42%
5 33%
6 24%
7 17%
8 10%
9 5%
10 2%
11 0%
12 1%
13 3%
14 8%
15 14%
16 23%
17 32%
18 43%
19 55%
20 66%
21 76%
22 86%
23 93%
24 98%
25 100%
26 100%
27 97%
28 92%
29 85%
30 78%
31 69%

Darkest night

Sat 11 January · 0%

Fullest

Sat 25 January · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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