Rule
Dark Skies
North Pole - Dark Skies - Alaska
North Pole, Alaska, United States
Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for Milky Way shots
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Times shown in America/Anchorage
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Dark Skies
North Pole
Wed, Jan 14 · 21:00–22:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
52%
Dark Skies
North Pole
Fri, Jan 23 · 17:00–19:00
Low
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hour0matching hours in the next 72 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° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 11 | ||||||
| 08:00 | ✓ | 99% | 280m | 95% | 41% | 8.6° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 100% | 280m | 93% | 41% | 6.6° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 320m | 93% | 41% | 3.3° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 100% | 440m | 85% | 41% | -1.1° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 500m | 85% | 41% | -6.4° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 300m | 80% | 41% | -12° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 360m | 78% | 41% | -19° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 220m | 75% | 33% | -25° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 100% | 220m | 60% | 33% | -31° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 100% | 180m | 43% | 33% | -36° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 100% | 180m | 40% | 33% | -41° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 99% | 180m | 35% | 33% | -43° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 100% | 180m | 35% | 33% | -44° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 100% | 180m | 30% | 33% | -42° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 99% | 200m | 28% | 33% | -39° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 97% | 240m | 28% | 33% | -35° |
| Mon, Jan 12 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 94% | 340m | 23% | 33% | -29° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 92% | 680m | 18% | 33% | -23° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 92% | 660m | 15% | 33% | -17° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 90% | 800m | 10% | 33% | -11° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 90% | 540m | 10% | 33% | -6.1° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 90% | 420m | 8% | 33% | -1.6° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 91% | 420m | 5% | 33% | 1.7° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 93% | 380m | 8% | 33% | 3.8° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 94% | 480m | 5% | 33% | 4.5° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 94% | 680m | 8% | 33% | 3.7° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 94% | 680m | 8% | 33% | 1.5° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 94% | 720m | 8% | 33% | -2° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 91% | 560m | 5% | 33% | -6.5° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 83% | 560m | 8% | 33% | -12° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 83% | 880m | 8% | 33% | -18° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 82% | 1460m | 5% | 24% | -24° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 82% | 1620m | 4% | 24% | -30° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 80% | 2100m | 4% | 24% | -36° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 79% | 2660m | 3% | 24% | -42° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 77% | 3260m | 3% | 24% | -45° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 79% | 3460m | 3% | 24% | -48° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 75% | 3840m | 3% | 24% | -48° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 65% | 4560m | 3% | 24% | -46° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 62% | 5380m | 3% | 24% | -42° |
| Tue, Jan 13 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 70% | 8200m | 3% | 24% | -37° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 64% | 14880m | 3% | 24% | -31° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 52% | 15260m | 3% | 24% | -25° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 91% | 24140m | 3% | 24% | -19° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 99% | 24140m | 3% | 24% | -14° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 83% | 21260m | 3% | 24% | -8.5° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 87% | 22780m | 3% | 24% | -4.3° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 81% | 24140m | 3% | 24% | -1.3° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 77% | 24140m | 2% | 24% | 0.46° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 98% | 24140m | 3% | 24% | 0.83° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 12960m | 6% | 24% | -0.21° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 100% | 260m | 10% | 24% | -2.6° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 160m | 13% | 24% | -6.2° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 300m | 14% | 24% | -11° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 300m | 16% | 24% | -16° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 98% | 280m | 18% | 16% | -22° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 100% | 340m | 19% | 16% | -29° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 100% | 420m | 18% | 16% | -35° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 94% | 400m | 17% | 16% | -41° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 95% | 240m | 16% | 16% | -46° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 93% | 240m | 16% | 16% | -49° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 100% | 220m | 15% | 16% | -51° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 100% | 420m | 15% | 16% | -51° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 100% | 580m | 14% | 16% | -48° |
| Wed, Jan 14 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 260m | 14% | 16% | -44° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 100% | 140m | 14% | 16% | -38° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 340m | 14% | 16% | -33° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 460m | 15% | 16% | -26° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 100% | 240m | 16% | 16% | -21° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 100% | 260m | 18% | 16% | -15° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 400m | 21% | 16% | -10° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 100% | 320m | 23% | 16% | -6.3° |
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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