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 14%
2 8%
3 3%
4 1%
5 0%
6 1%
7 4%
8 8%
9 14%
10 22%
11 30%
12 39%
13 49%
14 59%
15 69%
16 79%
17 87%
18 94%
19 98%
20 100%
21 99%
22 94%
23 88%
24 79%
25 69%
26 58%
27 47%
28 37%
29 27%
30 19%
31 12%

Darkest night

Sat 5 January · 0%

Fullest

Sun 20 January · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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