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Dark Skies
Talkeetna - Dark Skies - Alaska
Talkeetna, Alaska, United States
Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography
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Times shown in America/Anchorage
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Talkeetna
Today · 09:00–23:00 · 14h window
Medium confidence
51%
🌛Moon Altitude-0.1-6.1°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage3.3%
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Talkeetna
Mon, Mar 9 · 18:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-54.1--1.1°
Medium
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Dawn
Talkeetna
Tue, Mar 10 · 07:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:0.2°
Medium
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Talkeetna
Tue, Mar 10 · 08:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-1.7-0°
Low
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Talkeetna
Tue, Mar 10 · 10:00–20:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-54.8--4.8°
Medium
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Talkeetna
Wed, Mar 11 · 01:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-31.8--4.4°
Low
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Dawn
Talkeetna
Wed, Mar 11 · 07:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-1.9°
Medium
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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° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Mar 3 | ||||||
| 16:00 | ✕ | 0.2% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | -19° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 0.2% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | -15° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 2.9% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | -9.1° |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 2.9% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | -2.8° |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 3.3% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | 3.7° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | 10° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | 16° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | 21° |
| Wed, Mar 4 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 4.4% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | 25° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 7.4% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | 27° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 8.9% | 24134m | 0% | 99% | 28° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 10% | 23036m | 0% | 99% | 27° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 10% | 22204m | 0% | 99% | 23° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 9.9% | 22253m | 0% | 99% | 19° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 9.9% | 22193m | 0% | 99% | 13° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 9.5% | 22037m | 0% | 99% | 6.3° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 9.4% | 22291m | 0% | 99% | -0.66° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 8.5% | 22695m | 0% | 99% | -7.6° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 6.7% | 23289m | 0% | 99% | -14° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 8% | 23058m | 0% | 99% | -20° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 8.4% | 24022m | 0% | 99% | -25° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 8.8% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | -29° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 9.2% | 24135m | 0% | 99% | -30° |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 11% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -30° |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 9.6% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | -28° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 2.9% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | -24° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 3.5% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -19° |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 3.5% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -13° |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 3.5% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | -6.7° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 3.3% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -0.15° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 3.3% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | 6.1° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 3.3% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | 12° |
| Thu, Mar 5 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 3.3% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 16° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 20° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 22° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 3.1% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | 21° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 3.3% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 20° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 11% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 16° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 81% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | 11° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 99% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | 5.3° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 99% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | -1.2° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 0% | 96% | -8.2° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -15° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -22° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 0% | 96% | -28° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 13% | 96% | -32° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 26% | 96% | -35° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 39% | 90% | -37° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 100% | 21370m | 36% | 90% | -36° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 100% | 2695m | 32% | 90% | -33° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 100% | 223m | 29% | 90% | -28° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 100% | 166m | 34% | 90% | -23° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 100% | 168m | 39% | 90% | -17° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 100% | 218m | 44% | 90% | -10° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 100% | 364m | 53% | 90% | -3.7° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 100% | 506m | 63% | 90% | 2.4° |
| Fri, Mar 6 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 251m | 72% | 90% | 7.6° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 100% | 220m | 78% | 90% | 12° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 228m | 84% | 90% | 15° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 231m | 90% | 90% | 16° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 100% | 312m | 90% | 90% | 15° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 100% | 444m | 90% | 90% | 13° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 576m | 90% | 90% | 9.2° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 100% | 594m | 93% | 90% | 4.2° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6657m | 96% | 90% | -1.7° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 99% | 90% | -8.3° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 94% | 90% | -15° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 89% | 90% | -22° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 12776m | 85% | 90% | -29° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 88% | 90% | -34° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 57% | 24135m | 92% | 90% | -39° |
| 15:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24135m | 96% | 84% | -42° |
| 16:00 | ✓ | 96% | 4001m | 96% | 84% | -42° |
| 17:00 | ✓ | 87% | 24135m | 95% | 84% | -41° |
| 18:00 | ✓ | 100% | 24134m | 95% | 84% | -37° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 100% | 6900m | 96% | 84% | -32° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 100% | 667m | 98% | 84% | -26° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 100% | 95m | 99% | 84% | -20° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 100% | 109m | 94% | 84% | -13° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 100% | 122m | 89% | 84% | -6.8° |
| Sat, Mar 7 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 136m | 85% | 84% | -1.1° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 100% | 126m | 87% | 84% | 3.8° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 100% | 116m | 90% | 84% | 7.5° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 100% | 106m | 93% | 84% | 9.8° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 100% | 117m | 86% | 84% | 11° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 100% | 128m | 79% | 84% | 9.6° |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 139m | 72% | 84% | 7° |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 93% | 7329m | 73% | 84% | 3.1° |
| 08:00 | ✓ | 86% | 14520m | 75% | 84% | -2° |
| 09:00 | ✓ | 80% | 21710m | 76% | 84% | -8° |
| 10:00 | ✓ | 86% | 22164m | 69% | 84% | -15° |
| 11:00 | ✓ | 93% | 22618m | 63% | 84% | -22° |
| 12:00 | ✓ | 100% | 23072m | 56% | 84% | -28° |
| 13:00 | ✓ | 100% | 23426m | 56% | 84% | -35° |
| 14:00 | ✓ | 100% | 23781m | 56% | 84% | -40° |
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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