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Anchorage - Dark Skies - Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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

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Times shown in America/Anchorage
Next opportunity
Good Dark Skies
Anchorage
Sat, Mar 21 · 04:00–05:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
44%
🌛Moon Altitude-12.2°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage18.7%
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Good Dark Skies
Anchorage
Sun, Mar 22 · 04:00–05:19
🌛Moon Altitude:-6.8--6.2°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
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°
Sat, Mar 14
23:00100%1356m83%14%-50°
Sun, Mar 15
24:00100%789m59%14%-49°
01:00100%709m39%14%-45°
02:00100%817m53%14%-40°
03:00100%1090m68%14%-34°
04:00100%1035m82%14%-27°
05:00100%3726m26%14%-20°
06:00100%1253m13%14%-13°
07:00100%832m0%14%-6.6°
08:00100%1102m13%14%-0.69°
09:00100%1679m26%14%4.2°
10:00100%3224m39%14%7.8°
11:00100%3402m53%14%9.9°
12:0069%10432m52%14%10°
13:0086%11562m78%14%9.1°
14:0099%5998m79%14%6.3°
15:00100%4537m80%14%
16:00100%3615m82%7.9%-3.3°
17:00100%1671m55%7.9%-9.4°
18:00100%8968m33%7.9%-16°
19:00100%9594m0.44%7.9%-23°
20:0099%10813m0.29%7.9%-29°
21:0097%24135m0.15%7.9%-35°
22:00100%24135m0%7.9%-40°
23:00100%23141m0%7.9%-44°
Mon, Mar 16
24:00100%20414m0%7.9%-45°
01:0094%24135m0%7.9%-43°
02:0093%24135m0%7.9%-40°
03:00100%24135m0%7.9%-35°
04:00100%24135m0%7.9%-28°
05:00100%24134m0%7.9%-21°
06:0086%24135m0%7.9%-14°
07:00100%24134m0.001%7.9%-7.2°
08:0095%24134m0%7.9%-0.51°
09:00100%24134m0%7.9%5.4°
10:00100%24134m0%7.9%10°
11:00100%24134m10%7.9%14°
12:00100%24135m21%7.9%16°
13:00100%24134m31%7.9%16°
14:00100%24134m34%7.9%14°
15:0099%24134m36%7.9%11°
16:0085%24134m39%2.9%6.1°
17:0092%24134m26%2.9%0.49°
18:0096%24135m13%2.9%-5.9°
19:0099%24135m0%2.9%-13°
20:00100%24135m0%2.9%-19°
21:0096%24134m0%2.9%-26°
22:0098%24135m0%2.9%-31°
23:0082%24135m0%2.9%-36°
Tue, Mar 17
24:0079%24135m0%2.9%-38°
01:0099%24134m0%2.9%-39°
02:00100%24134m0%2.9%-37°
03:00100%24134m0%2.9%-33°
04:00100%24134m0%2.9%-28°
05:00100%24135m2.3%2.9%-21°
06:00100%24134m4.7%2.9%-15°
07:00100%24134m7%2.9%-7.3°
08:00100%24135m18%2.9%-0.21°
09:00100%24135m28%2.9%6.5°
10:00100%16963m39%2.9%12°
11:00100%11600m39%2.9%17°
12:00100%9718m39%2.9%20°
13:00100%3469m39%2.9%22°
14:00100%864m45%2.9%22°
15:00100%620m50%2.9%20°
16:00100%809m56%0.4%16°
17:00100%1157m40%0.4%11°
18:00100%1796m25%0.4%4.8°
19:00100%2516m9.3%0.4%-1.8°
20:00100%3264m6.2%0.4%-8.5°
21:00100%3474m3.1%0.4%-15°
22:00100%10426m0%0.4%-21°
23:00100%13157m0%0.4%-26°
Wed, Mar 18
24:00100%17148m0%0.4%-30°
01:00100%23263m0%0.4%-32°
02:00100%24134m0%0.4%-32°
03:00100%24135m0%0.4%-30°
04:00100%24135m0%0.4%-26°
05:00100%24135m0%0.4%-20°
06:00100%24135m0%0.4%-14°
07:00100%24135m0%0.4%-7°
08:00100%23046m0%0.4%0.17°
09:00100%21957m0%0.4%7.3°
10:00100%20868m0%0.4%14°
11:00100%16209m0%0.4%20°
12:0099%11550m0%0.4%25°
13:0099%6891m0%0.4%28°
14:0099%9182m7.4%0.4%29°
15:00100%11473m15%0.4%28°
16:00100%13764m22%0.2%25°
17:00100%12406m15%0.2%21°
18:00100%11049m7.4%0.2%16°
19:00100%9691m0%0.2%9.3°
20:00100%10534m7.4%0.2%2.7°
21:00100%11377m15%0.2%-4.1°
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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