My best time to hunt is when a new moon is growing all the way till a couple weeks till its peak. After that the fading moon means short lasting movements early and late for me. High pressure and a nice young moon is great. An old moon creates strange deer patterns. Like morning movements 2am till 6 am. Then nothin much. I prefer absolutely no moon or a new one. The old one for me is tough unless hunting dead of the winter super hungry deer.