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Rule Dark Skies

North Pole - Dark Skies - Alaska

North Pole, 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 Sunrise
North Pole
Tomorrow · 07:00–09:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
41%
🌛Moon Altitude-3-3.2°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage18.4-19%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Tomorrow · 09:00–16:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-34.2--9.4°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Tomorrow · 17:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-30.2--26°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
18matching 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%-17°
17:005%24134m0%99%-12°
18:005%24135m0%99%-7°
19:005%24134m0%99%-1.3°
20:0015%24134m0%99%4.7°
21:0015%24134m0%99%11°
22:0014%24135m0%99%16°
23:005.1%24135m0%99%20°
Wed, Mar 4
24:005.5%24134m0%99%24°
01:005%24135m0%99%25°
02:005%24134m0%99%25°
03:005%24134m0%99%24°
04:005%24134m0%99%21°
05:006.6%24134m0%99%16°
06:009.8%24135m0%99%11°
07:0012%24135m0%99%4.5°
08:0017%24135m0%99%-1.9°
09:005.6%24135m0%99%-8.3°
10:005%24135m0%99%-14°
11:005%24134m0%99%-20°
12:005%24134m0%99%-24°
13:0055%24135m0%99%-27°
14:00100%24135m0%99%-28°
15:00100%24134m0%96%-27°
16:00100%24135m0%96%-25°
17:00100%24134m0%96%-22°
18:00100%24040m0%96%-17°
19:00100%24134m0%96%-11°
20:00100%24135m0%96%-5.3°
21:00100%24134m0%96%0.61°
22:00100%24135m0%96%6.2°
23:0081%24135m0%96%11°
Thu, Mar 5
24:0021%23451m0%96%15°
01:0018%19111m0%96%18°
02:0028%18677m0%96%19°
03:0016%22302m0%96%19°
04:0018%24134m0%96%17°
05:0020%24134m0%96%13°
06:0021%24134m0%96%8.7°
07:0019%24135m0%96%3.2°
08:0018%24135m0%96%-3°
09:006.8%24135m0%96%-9.4°
10:003.4%24134m0%96%-16°
11:002.8%24134m0%96%-22°
12:003.6%24134m0%96%-27°
13:003.7%24134m0%96%-31°
14:004%24135m0%96%-33°
15:0015%24134m0%90%-34°
16:0028%24135m0%90%-33°
17:005%24135m0%90%-30°
18:0013%24134m0%90%-26°
19:0057%24134m0%90%-21°
20:0097%21628m0%90%-15°
21:00100%20479m0%90%-9.1°
22:00100%20412m0%90%-3.2°
23:00100%24135m0%90%2.2°
Fri, Mar 6
24:00100%24134m0%90%6.8°
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%1.8°
08:00100%24134m42%90%-3.8°
09:00100%24135m31%90%-10°
10:00100%18576m52%90%-16°
11:00100%5082m73%90%-23°
12:00100%1742m95%90%-29°
13:00100%790m96%90%-34°
14:00100%19990m97%90%-37°
15:00100%9988m99%84%-39°
16:00100%1661m96%84%-40°
17:00100%1249m93%84%-38°
18:00100%11630m91%84%-34°
19:00100%3256m93%84%-30°
20:00100%144m95%84%-24°
21:00100%125m98%84%-18°
22:00100%208m93%84%-12°
23:00100%291m87%84%-6.6°
Sat, Mar 7
24:00100%374m82%84%-1.5°
01:00100%338m88%84%2.8°
02:00100%302m93%84%5.9°
03:00100%267m99%84%7.8°
04:00100%347m93%84%8.1°
05:00100%428m87%84%6.9°
06:00100%509m82%84%4.3°
07:00100%437m85%84%0.45°
08:00100%364m88%84%-4.5°
09:00100%292m92%84%-10°
10:00100%339m88%84%-16°
11:00100%387m85%84%-23°
12:00100%435m82%84%-29°
13:00100%730m82%84%-35°
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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