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
40%
2
50%
3
60%
4
69%
5
78%
6
85%
7
91%
8
96%
9
99%
10
100%
11
99%
12
97%
13
92%
14
86%
15
77%
16
68%
17
57%
18
46%
19
35%
20
24%
21
15%
22
7%
23
2%
24
0%
25
1%
26
4%
27
9%
28
17%
29
25%
30
34%
Darkest night
Tue 24 June · 0%
Fullest
Tue 10 June · 100%
Nights worth the drive
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