My first time out at night was hilarious, I was on my permit, supposed to be home by like 8 or something but I ignored that so it was like 2 in the morning. I was down by the cape cod canal if any of you are familiar with that area, WICKED dark area, deserted, twisty, and no lights anywhere, and being my first time out I at night I had no clue that my headlight was adjusted wrong.
By wrong I mean pointed almost straight down, with lows I could see about 2 feet infront of me, highs might have made it 50, it was scary as hell. ANd of course I had no clue how to adjust them.
And the thing that made it even funnier was that someone was folowing me the whole way home, thinking that I knew where I was going and new the roads, I'm lucky to have not crashed.
The big thing is just to give yourself more time to see potential hazzards in the road. And if you're not familiar with the road then take it slow and make sure you know where the road is going.
And before you head out for the first time at night make sure your headlights are adjusted right and that you know how to adjust them if you need to.
I have my license now and I've found that whenever I have a passenger at night I have to change the angle from when I'm by myself. The passenger makes the beams aim UP too much, probably just because it's compressing the rear suspension and not the front.
Basically just be cautious and you should be fine.