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 56%
2 44%
3 33%
4 23%
5 14%
6 7%
7 2%
8 0%
9 0%
10 3%
11 7%
12 14%
13 21%
14 29%
15 38%
16 48%
17 57%
18 67%
19 75%
20 83%
21 90%
22 96%
23 99%
24 100%
25 99%
26 95%
27 88%
28 80%
29 69%
30 58%
31 47%

Darkest night

Sat 8 May · 0%

Fullest

Mon 24 May · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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