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 42%
2 31%
3 21%
4 12%
5 5%
6 1%
7 0%
8 1%
9 5%
10 12%
11 19%
12 28%
13 37%
14 47%
15 56%
16 66%
17 74%
18 82%
19 89%
20 94%
21 98%
22 100%
23 100%
24 97%
25 93%
26 86%
27 78%
28 68%
29 57%
30 45%
31 34%

Darkest night

Tue 7 May · 0%

Fullest

Wed 22 May · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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