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I second what Erick has said. Steady seeing is a lottery. This year so far, I've viewed Jupiter about eight times, only once would I say seeing was steady to really see detail.
There is another trick for newtonians to reduce glare. You can cut some stiff cardboard to a diameter smaller than the scope & place the 'mask' over the opening of the scope. This effectively stops down the scope, just like making the diaphram of a camera smaller. This is usually done on larger scopes, but no reason to not give it a go. Start with a 50% reduction of diameter. You can always cut it larger.
Hulloleeds, you can still have a shot at Omega Centuri & the Carina nebula while the moon is up now, then you can compare them under new moon conditions. Both will stand up pretty well to being pushed from low magnification to high. Really striking.
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