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 28%
2 19%
3 10%
4 4%
5 1%
6 0%
7 3%
8 8%
9 16%
10 25%
11 34%
12 45%
13 55%
14 64%
15 73%
16 81%
17 88%
18 93%
19 97%
20 100%
21 100%
22 98%
23 95%
24 90%
25 83%
26 74%
27 65%
28 54%
29 43%
30 32%
31 21%

Darkest night

Fri 6 May · 0%

Fullest

Fri 20 May · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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