Most of the astronomers do not do the celestial observing as known as stargazing at the full moon night. It’s because the full moon light is so bright that it blocks the light coming out from the faint objects, especially deep sky object. Even the bright objects such as the major planets, Sirius (Dog star, the brightest star, mag.-1.44) will become fainter. 
At the new moon night, you can only see the lights from the stars. It’s so fantastic to do observing of any type of celestials objects. This is the greatest day to do astrophotography too! All of the objects are relatively brighter due to the absense of the Moon. 
That’s why I always do the observing at new moon night. 
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