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 17%
2 11%
3 6%
4 2%
5 0%
6 0%
7 2%
8 6%
9 11%
10 18%
11 27%
12 36%
13 47%
14 58%
15 69%
16 79%
17 88%
18 95%
19 99%
20 100%
21 98%
22 94%
23 87%
24 79%
25 70%
26 60%
27 50%
28 41%
29 31%
30 23%
31 16%

Darkest night

Tue 5 March · 0%

Fullest

Wed 20 March · 100%

Nights worth the drive

12 of 31