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 58%
2 48%
3 38%
4 28%
5 19%
6 11%
7 5%
8 1%
9 0%
10 2%
11 7%
12 15%
13 24%
14 34%
15 45%
16 56%
17 66%
18 75%
19 83%
20 90%
21 95%
22 98%
23 100%
24 100%
25 98%
26 94%
27 89%
28 82%
29 74%

Darkest night

Fri 9 February · 0%

Fullest

Fri 23 February · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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