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 65%
2 55%
3 45%
4 34%
5 24%
6 15%
7 7%
8 2%
9 0%
10 1%
11 5%
12 11%
13 20%
14 29%
15 40%
16 50%
17 60%
18 70%
19 78%
20 85%
21 91%
22 96%
23 99%
24 100%
25 99%
26 97%
27 93%
28 87%
29 79%
30 70%
31 61%

Darkest night

Sat 9 March · 0%

Fullest

Sun 24 March · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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