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Rule Dark Skies

Anchorage - Dark Skies - Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Anchorage
Next opportunity
Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Anchorage
Tue, Mar 10 · 16:00–18:00 · 2h window
Low confidence
30%
🌛Moon Altitude-47.1--40.7°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage8-18.2%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Anchorage
Wed, Mar 11 · 18:00–24:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-57--48.3°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Anchorage
Fri, Mar 13 · 10:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-46.7-2.7°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Anchorage
Astronomical Night
Any
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 20.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Moon Illumination
OR1·B1
≤ 35.0%
Moon Altitude
OR1·B2
≤ 10.0°
Tue, Mar 3
16:005%24134m0%99%-20°
17:005%24134m0%99%-15°
18:0058%13631m0%99%-9.4°
19:0053%13614m0%99%-2.9°
20:0021%20375m0%99%3.8°
21:0031%19161m0%99%10°
22:0034%17439m0%99%17°
23:0034%17561m0%99%22°
Wed, Mar 4
24:0034%17858m0%99%26°
01:0041%7995m0%99%29°
02:0056%7693m0%99%29°
03:0036%13343m0%99%28°
04:0071%7142m0%99%24°
05:0041%11670m0%99%19°
06:0030%17719m0%99%13°
07:0056%8536m0%99%6.4°
08:0068%7060m0%99%-0.73°
09:0064%8085m0%99%-7.9°
10:0069%7097m0%99%-15°
11:0067%9680m0%99%-21°
12:0051%15383m0%99%-26°
13:0036%21728m0%99%-30°
14:0013%24135m0%99%-32°
15:005%24134m0%96%-31°
16:005%24135m0%96%-29°
17:005%24134m0%96%-25°
18:005%24134m0%96%-20°
19:005%24134m0%96%-13°
20:0031%13610m0%96%-6.6°
21:0038%9827m0%96%0.14°
22:0064%10590m0%96%6.6°
23:0074%8058m0%96%12°
Thu, Mar 5
24:0077%8006m0%96%17°
01:0087%9936m0%96%21°
02:00100%9954m0%96%23°
03:00100%9975m0%96%23°
04:00100%24134m0%96%21°
05:00100%24134m0%96%17°
06:00100%24134m0%96%12°
07:00100%24135m0%96%5.7°
08:00100%24135m0%96%-1.1°
09:00100%24135m0%96%-8.3°
10:00100%24134m0%96%-15°
11:00100%24134m0%96%-22°
12:00100%24134m0%96%-28°
13:0096%19867m7.4%96%-33°
14:00100%14752m15%96%-37°
15:00100%12369m22%90%-38°
16:00100%11151m24%90%-37°
17:00100%12208m25%90%-34°
18:0093%8426m27%90%-29°
19:00100%6808m33%90%-23°
20:00100%4336m40%90%-17°
21:00100%5534m46%90%-9.9°
22:00100%5492m46%90%-3.3°
23:00100%6491m46%90%
Fri, Mar 6
24:00100%5773m46%90%8.5°
01:00100%892m59%90%13°
02:00100%387m73%90%16°
03:00100%409m86%90%17°
04:00100%623m87%90%16°
05:00100%1185m89%90%14°
06:00100%2202m90%90%10°
07:00100%2925m92%90%4.8°
08:00100%5318m93%90%-1.3°
09:00100%4715m94%90%-8.2°
10:00100%5902m77%90%-15°
11:00100%21559m60%90%-22°
12:0029%24134m43%90%-29°
13:00100%24134m54%90%-35°
14:00100%17997m65%90%-40°
15:0098%24135m76%84%-43°
16:00100%24135m78%84%-43°
17:00100%24133m80%84%-42°
18:00100%24132m82%84%-38°
19:00100%104m85%84%-33°
20:00100%314m87%84%-26°
21:00100%445m90%84%-20°
22:00100%343m88%84%-13°
23:00100%241m85%84%-6.3°
Sat, Mar 7
24:00100%139m83%84%-0.34°
01:00100%136m85%84%4.7°
02:00100%133m88%84%8.6°
03:00100%131m90%84%11°
04:00100%159m81%84%12°
05:00100%188m72%84%11°
06:00100%217m64%84%
07:00100%8190m70%84%3.8°
08:00100%16162m77%84%-1.5°
09:00100%24135m83%84%-7.7°
10:00100%24135m78%84%-15°
11:00100%24135m73%84%-22°
12:00100%24135m69%84%-29°
13:00100%24130m69%84%-35°
14:00100%24125m70%84%-41°
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

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