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
1%
2
4%
3
9%
4
17%
5
25%
6
34%
7
44%
8
53%
9
63%
10
72%
11
80%
12
87%
13
93%
14
97%
15
99%
16
100%
17
98%
18
94%
19
88%
20
80%
21
70%
22
60%
23
48%
24
37%
25
26%
26
17%
27
9%
28
4%
29
1%
30
0%
31
2%
Darkest night
Sat 30 August · 0%
Fullest
Sat 16 August · 100%
Nights worth the drive
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