Rule
Dark Skies
North Pole - Dark Skies - Alaska
North Pole, Alaska, United States
Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography
Upcoming Opportunities
When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
Times shown in America/Anchorage
Next opportunity
Good Dark Skies
North Pole
Tomorrow · 19:00–21:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
44%
🌛Moon Altitude-53.3--51.1°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage14.5-15.5%
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Tue, Mar 17 · 13:00–14:00
🌛Moon Altitude:18.5°
Medium
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Wed, Mar 18 · 03:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-26--17.4°
Low
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Wed, Mar 18 · 14:00–05:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.8-25.3°
Low
Good Dark Skies
North Pole
Thu, Mar 19 · 19:00–20:00
🌛Moon Altitude:18.2°
Low
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hourOR 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° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 9 | ||||||
| 17:00 | ✕ | 100% | 1346m | 26% | 58% | -48° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 100% | 2095m | 13% | 58% | -51° |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 100% | 2806m | 0.41% | 58% | -52° |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 100% | 3963m | 0.28% | 58% | -50° |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 100% | 3612m | 0.14% | 58% | -47° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1893m | 0% | 58% | -42° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2436m | 0% | 58% | -36° |
| Tue, Mar 10 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2303m | 0% | 58% | -30° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1774m | 0% | 58% | -24° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1139m | 0% | 58% | -19° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 979m | 0% | 58% | -13° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1114m | 0% | 58% | -8.8° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 100% | 894m | 0% | 58% | -5.4° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1064m | 0% | 58% | -3.1° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1116m | 0.001% | 58% | -2.2° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1222m | 0% | 58% | -2.6° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1329m | 0% | 58% | -4.4° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1890m | 0% | 58% | -7.5° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 99% | 2792m | 0.15% | 58% | -12° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 4569m | 0.29% | 58% | -17° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 8244m | 0.44% | 58% | -22° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 10738m | 0.29% | 58% | -28° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 10531m | 0.15% | 58% | -35° |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 99% | 8098m | 0% | 49% | -41° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 82% | 6264m | 0% | 49% | -46° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 49% | 15219m | 0% | 49% | -50° |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 41% | 21633m | 0% | 49% | -53° |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 37% | 24122m | 0% | 49% | -53° |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 39% | 22423m | 0% | 49% | -51° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 27% | 16535m | 0% | 49% | -48° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 58% | 8903m | 0% | 49% | -43° |
| Wed, Mar 11 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 79% | 6103m | 0% | 49% | -37° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 96% | 4807m | 0% | 49% | -31° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 4320m | 0% | 49% | -25° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 3928m | 0% | 49% | -19° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 99% | 3895m | 0% | 49% | -14° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 97% | 3727m | 0% | 49% | -9.3° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 93% | 4367m | 0% | 49% | -6° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 90% | 4305m | 0% | 49% | -3.9° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 88% | 4593m | 0% | 49% | -3.1° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 83% | 5240m | 0% | 49% | -3.7° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 83% | 6201m | 0% | 49% | -5.6° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 77% | 8866m | 0% | 49% | -8.8° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 71% | 10576m | 0% | 49% | -13° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 74% | 12650m | 0% | 49% | -18° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 77% | 15949m | 0% | 49% | -24° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 77% | 20644m | 0% | 49% | -30° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 74% | 23326m | 0% | 39% | -36° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 71% | 24090m | 0% | 39% | -42° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 47% | 23597m | 0% | 39% | -47° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 15% | 23583m | 0% | 39% | -51° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 16% | 23241m | 0% | 39% | -53° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 30% | 18341m | 0% | 39% | -53° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 47% | 11899m | 0% | 39% | -51° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 66% | 10778m | 0% | 39% | -47° |
| Thu, Mar 12 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 58% | 10453m | 0% | 39% | -42° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 76% | 9284m | 0% | 39% | -36° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 65% | 9689m | 0% | 39% | -30° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 65% | 10042m | 0% | 39% | -24° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 43% | 11762m | 0% | 39% | -18° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 46% | 11264m | 0% | 39% | -13° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 47% | 12561m | 0% | 39% | -8.6° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 49% | 13180m | 0% | 39% | -5.4° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 50% | 12755m | 0% | 39% | -3.4° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 48% | 13213m | 0% | 39% | -2.7° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 50% | 11421m | 0% | 39% | -3.4° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 57% | 14293m | 0% | 39% | -5.5° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 33% | 19932m | 0% | 39% | -8.7° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 26% | 24134m | 0% | 39% | -13° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 97% | 24134m | 0% | 39% | -18° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 0% | 39% | -24° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 0% | 30% | -30° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 100% | 21787m | 0% | 30% | -36° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 100% | 21594m | 0% | 30% | -42° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 0% | 30% | -47° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 86% | 24134m | 0% | 30% | -50° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 65% | 19862m | 0% | 30% | -52° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 40% | 17588m | 0% | 30% | -52° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 60% | 12597m | 0% | 30% | -49° |
| Fri, Mar 13 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 80% | 7605m | 0% | 30% | -45° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 99% | 2614m | 0% | 30% | -40° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2690m | 0% | 30% | -34° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2765m | 0% | 30% | -28° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2841m | 0% | 30% | -22° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 100% | 3969m | 0% | 30% | -16° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 5096m | 0% | 30% | -11° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6224m | 0% | 30% | -6.4° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6577m | 0% | 30% | -3.3° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6929m | 0% | 30% | -1.4° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 7282m | 0% | 30% | -0.85° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6300m | 0% | 30% | -1.7° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 5318m | 0% | 30% | -3.9° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 4335m | 0% | 30% | -7.3° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 3943m | 0% | 30% | -12° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 3551m | 0% | 30% | -17° |
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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