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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

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Anchorage
Next opportunity
Good Dark Skies at Sunrise
North Pole
Today · 09:00–11:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌛Moon Altitude-0.8-3.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage12.7-13%
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Good Dark Skies
North Pole
Today · 11:00–12:00
🌛Moon Altitude:6.9°
Medium
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Dark Skies
North Pole
Today · 16:00–20:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-14.3-1.8°
Medium
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Good Dark Skies
North Pole
Today · 20:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-20.3°
Medium
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Dark Skies
North Pole
Today · 21:00–22:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-26°
Medium
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Good Dark Skies
North Pole
Today · 23:00–24:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-35.2°
Medium
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
North Pole
Sat, Feb 21 · 24:00–03:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-9.6--1.6°
Low
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
10matching 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°
Sun, Feb 15
09:00100%116m100%4.2%-1.8°
10:00100%119m99%4.2%1.6°
11:00100%158m98%4.2%3.6°
12:00100%223m97%4.2%4.3°
13:00100%210m98%4.2%3.4°
14:00100%277m99%4.2%1.2°
15:00100%446m100%1.2%-2.2°
16:00100%280m96%1.2%-6.7°
17:00100%134m97%1.2%-12°
18:00100%148m98%1.2%-18°
19:00100%132m98%1.2%-24°
20:00100%204m99%1.2%-30°
21:00100%231m99%1.2%-35°
22:00100%362m94%1.2%-40°
23:00100%430m88%1.2%-43°
Mon, Feb 16
24:00100%610m82%1.2%-44°
01:00100%3901m82%1.2%-43°
02:00100%660m82%1.2%-40°
03:00100%386m82%1.2%-36°
04:00100%3661m55%1.2%-31°
05:0087%6330m27%1.2%-25°
06:0095%14685m0.001%1.2%-18°
07:0099%19344m0%1.2%-12°
08:0060%19439m0%1.2%-6.1°
09:0013%19895m0%1.2%-0.81°
10:0013%20806m0%1.2%3.6°
11:0011%21885m0%1.2%6.9°
12:0029%22166m0%1.2%8.8°
13:0030%23379m0%1.2%9.2°
14:0035%24134m0%1.2%8.1°
15:0031%24135m0%0%5.5°
16:005%24135m0%0%1.8°
17:005%24134m0%0%-3°
18:005%24135m0%0%-8.4°
19:005%24135m0%0%-14°
20:0015%24134m0%0%-20°
21:0020%24135m0%0%-26°
22:0077%24134m0%0%-31°
23:0017%24135m0%0%-35°
Tue, Feb 17
24:0037%24134m0%0%-38°
01:00100%24134m0%0%-38°
02:00100%24135m0%0%-37°
03:00100%24134m0%0%-34°
04:00100%24134m3.1%0%-30°
05:00100%24135m6.2%0%-24°
06:00100%24134m9.3%0%-18°
07:00100%24134m14%0%-12°
08:00100%24135m18%0%-5.6°
09:00100%24135m22%0%0.36°
10:00100%24134m28%0%5.7°
11:0098%24134m33%0%10°
12:00100%24135m39%0%13°
13:00100%24135m45%0%15°
14:00100%1741m50%0%15°
15:00100%539m56%1.2%13°
16:00100%625m56%1.2%10°
17:00100%240m56%1.2%6.4°
18:00100%187m56%1.2%1.3°
19:00100%321m65%1.2%-4.3°
20:00100%695m74%1.2%-10°
21:00100%620m83%1.2%-16°
22:00100%414m81%1.2%-22°
23:00100%397m80%1.2%-26°
Wed, Feb 18
24:00100%222m78%1.2%-30°
01:00100%203m83%1.2%-32°
02:00100%488m89%1.2%-32°
03:00100%562m94%1.2%-31°
04:00100%294m95%1.2%-27°
05:00100%253m96%1.2%-23°
06:00100%468m97%1.2%-17°
07:00100%498m98%1.2%-11°
08:00100%183m99%1.2%-4.7°
09:00100%132m100%1.2%1.6°
10:00100%123m99%1.2%7.6°
11:00100%115m99%1.2%13°
12:00100%110m98%1.2%17°
13:00100%118m98%1.2%20°
14:00100%121m99%1.2%21°
15:00100%134m100%4.5%21°
16:00100%456m89%4.5%19°
17:00100%778m79%4.5%16°
18:00100%1100m69%4.5%11°
19:0098%1989m74%4.5%5.9°
20:0097%2878m79%4.5%0.13°
21:0095%3767m84%4.5%-5.8°
22:0097%2799m77%4.5%-12°
23:0098%1831m70%4.5%-17°
Thu, Feb 19
24:00100%862m64%4.5%-21°
01:00100%675m73%4.5%-24°
02:00100%488m82%4.5%-26°
03:00100%301m92%4.5%-25°
04:00100%429m83%4.5%-23°
05:00100%558m74%4.5%-20°
06:00100%686m65%4.5%-15°
07:00100%653m75%4.5%-9.7°
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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