How many nights each month will I be able to see the moon at night, assuming clear skies?

Question

Also, Is the number of nights the moon is visible roughly constant througout the year?
thanks for your help.
Ted

Answer 1

everynight aslong as the skie is clear or there is an eclipse!!

Answer 2

The moon goes through it's various "phases" every 29.5 days - from new, to crescent, to 1st quarter, to gibbous and full (known as "waxing") and then it gets smaller for the rest of the cycle (known as "waning") all the way back to New Moon again, the only time when it is not visible. In theory then you should be able to see a moon in the sky for pretty much every night out of those 29.5days except two or three when it is "new" or a very small crescent as to be mostly invisible to the casual observer.

Answer 3

There are about 4 days a month where the moon is so close to the Sun that you cannot see it "at night", because it isn't dark while the moon is up. For two of those days, you can see it as a thin crescent at twilight or dawn. For the other two days, it is simply too close to the Sun to see with the naked eye.

Answer 4

Just about every night except for a day either side of the new moon.

Answer 5

What you need is a lunar calendar which will tell you what nights you will be able to see a moon and it will also tell you when you cannot see a moon[New Moon]

Answer 6

Nights, as in up to midnight. About 12.

Nights and mornings (sunset to sunrise) about 26

Answer 7

depends on how many nights u stay awake to look for it after a hard days work

Answer 8

I think it is every 4to 5 days it appears, and throughout the year i rate36 times