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Rule Dark Skies

Fairbanks - Dark Skies - Alaska

Fairbanks, 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 at Dawn
Fairbanks
Tomorrow · 06:00–07:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
56%
🌛Moon Altitude8.8°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage19.5%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Fairbanks
Tomorrow · 09:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-34.1--9.2°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
19matching 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
16:0011%23835m0%99%-17°
17:005%24134m0%99%-12°
18:005%24135m0%99%-7.1°
19:005%24134m0%99%-1.4°
20:0040%24134m0%99%4.5°
21:0046%24134m0%99%10°
22:005%24135m0%99%16°
23:0012%24135m0%99%20°
Wed, Mar 4
24:006.4%24134m0%99%23°
01:005.8%24135m0%99%25°
02:006.3%24134m0%99%25°
03:006.2%24134m0%99%24°
04:005.5%24134m0%99%21°
05:008%24134m0%99%16°
06:0012%24135m0%99%11°
07:0014%24135m0%99%4.6°
08:0017%24135m0%99%-1.7°
09:0011%24135m0%99%-8.1°
10:005%24135m0%99%-14°
11:005%24134m0%99%-19°
12:005%24134m0%99%-24°
13:006%24135m0%99%-27°
14:0018%24135m0%99%-28°
15:0098%24134m0%96%-27°
16:0062%24135m0%96%-25°
17:00100%24134m0%96%-22°
18:00100%24134m0%96%-17°
19:00100%24134m0%96%-11°
20:00100%24135m0%96%-5.5°
21:00100%24134m0%96%0.44°
22:0099%15561m0%96%6.1°
23:0050%17094m0%96%11°
Thu, Mar 5
24:0029%16042m0%96%15°
01:0029%14225m0%96%18°
02:0031%13871m0%96%19°
03:0027%15631m0%96%19°
04:0022%23332m0%96%17°
05:0019%24134m0%96%13°
06:0020%24134m0%96%8.8°
07:0021%24135m0%96%3.3°
08:0022%24135m0%96%-2.8°
09:007.5%24135m0%96%-9.2°
10:004.5%24134m0%96%-16°
11:004.5%24134m0%96%-21°
12:000.7%24134m0%96%-27°
13:000.1%24134m0%96%-31°
14:000.5%24135m0%96%-33°
15:001.5%24134m0%90%-34°
16:001.5%24135m0%90%-33°
17:005%24135m0%90%-30°
18:005%24134m0%90%-26°
19:0040%24134m0%90%-21°
20:0090%24134m0%90%-15°
21:0091%24135m0%90%-9.2°
22:00100%24134m0%90%-3.4°
23:00100%24135m0%90%
Fri, Mar 6
24:00100%24134m0%90%6.7°
01:00100%24134m17%90%10°
02:00100%24135m33%90%13°
03:00100%24134m50%90%13°
04:00100%24134m55%90%13°
05:00100%24135m60%90%10°
06:00100%24134m65%90%6.6°
07:00100%24134m54%90%1.9°
08:00100%24134m42%90%-3.7°
09:00100%24135m31%90%-9.8°
10:00100%23303m52%90%-16°
11:00100%3846m73%90%-23°
12:00100%468m95%90%-28°
13:00100%179m96%90%-33°
14:00100%1721m97%90%-37°
15:00100%2146m99%84%-39°
16:00100%518m96%84%-40°
17:00100%1329m93%84%-38°
18:00100%498m91%84%-35°
19:00100%183m93%84%-30°
20:00100%122m95%84%-24°
21:00100%130m98%84%-18°
22:00100%211m93%84%-13°
23:00100%292m87%84%-6.8°
Sat, Mar 7
24:00100%374m82%84%-1.7°
01:00100%338m88%84%2.6°
02:00100%302m93%84%5.8°
03:00100%267m99%84%7.6°
04:00100%347m93%84%
05:00100%428m87%84%6.9°
06:00100%509m82%84%4.3°
07:00100%437m85%84%0.49°
08:00100%364m88%84%-4.4°
09:00100%292m92%84%-10°
10:00100%339m88%84%-16°
11:00100%387m85%84%-22°
12:00100%435m82%84%-29°
13:00100%730m82%84%-34°
14:00100%1026m82%84%-39°
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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