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Valdez - Dark Skies - Alaska

Valdez, 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
Valdez
Tomorrow · 02:00–07:00 · 5h window
Medium confidence
46%
🌛Moon Altitude-23.1--2.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage11.2-19.9%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Valdez
Tomorrow · 07:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-0.3-0.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Valdez
Tomorrow · 10:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-56.9--2.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Valdez
Thu, Mar 12 · 07:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-1.9-0.9°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Valdez
Thu, Mar 12 · 10:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-56-0°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Valdez
Fri, Mar 13 · 07:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-3.2-2.3°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Valdez
Fri, Mar 13 · 10:00–13:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-0.9-2.7°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
59matching hours in the next 92 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°
Mon, Mar 9
20:0091%16833m0%58%-53°
21:0091%17059m0%58%-49°
22:0082%17298m0%58%-43°
23:0085%17008m0%58%-37°
Tue, Mar 10
24:00100%16909m0%58%-30°
01:0099%16983m0%58%-23°
02:0099%17036m0%58%-17°
03:00100%17346m0%58%-11°
04:00100%18101m0%58%-5.8°
05:00100%19426m0%58%-2°
06:00100%19637m0%58%0.5°
07:00100%19654m0%58%1.5°
08:00100%19660m0%58%0.86°
09:0098%19649m0%58%-1.3°
10:0094%22710m0%58%-4.8°
11:0092%24135m0%58%-9.5°
12:0099%24135m0%58%-15°
13:0099%24134m0%58%-22°
14:0099%20070m0%58%-28°
15:0099%19078m0%58%-35°
16:0098%18653m0%49%-42°
17:0094%18294m0%49%-49°
18:0088%17929m0%49%-53°
19:0078%17882m0%49%-56°
20:0064%17808m0%49%-57°
21:0029%18044m0%49%-54°
22:0030%18074m0%49%-50°
23:0029%18002m0%49%-44°
Wed, Mar 11
24:0028%17848m0%49%-37°
01:0027%18052m0%49%-30°
02:0020%19465m0%49%-23°
03:0018%21595m0%49%-17°
04:0014%22853m0%49%-11°
05:0014%22996m0%49%-6.2°
06:0011%23112m0%49%-2.6°
07:0011%23160m0%49%-0.3°
08:0010%23282m0%49%0.48°
09:001.3%24134m0%49%-0.28°
10:000.9%24134m0%49%-2.5°
11:001.7%24135m0%49%-6.2°
12:001.2%24135m0%49%-11°
13:000.5%24135m0%49%-17°
14:000.5%24134m0%49%-23°
15:000.5%24135m0%49%-30°
16:000.5%24134m0%39%-37°
17:000.9%24135m0%39%-44°
18:000.9%24134m0%39%-50°
19:007.7%23572m0%39%-54°
20:0010%23583m0%39%-57°
21:000.5%24134m0%39%-57°
22:000.5%24135m0%39%-54°
23:000%24135m0%39%-49°
Thu, Mar 12
24:000%24135m0%39%-43°
01:000%24134m0%39%-36°
02:000%24134m0%39%-29°
03:000%24134m0%39%-22°
04:000%24134m0%39%-16°
05:000%24134m0%39%-10°
06:000%24135m0%39%-5.4°
07:000%24134m0%39%-1.9°
08:000.5%24135m0%39%0.27°
09:000.5%24135m0%39%0.91°
10:000.5%24134m0%39%-0.008°
11:000.5%24134m0%39%-2.4°
12:000%24134m0%39%-6.2°
13:000%24134m0%39%-11°
14:000%24134m0%39%-17°
15:000%24134m0%39%-23°
16:000%24135m0%30%-30°
17:000.4%24134m0%30%-37°
18:000.9%24134m0%30%-44°
19:008.5%24114m0%30%-49°
20:000.9%24134m0%30%-54°
21:000%24135m0%30%-56°
22:000%24135m0%30%-55°
23:000%24135m0%30%-52°
Fri, Mar 13
24:000%24135m0%30%-47°
01:000%24135m0%30%-41°
02:000.03%24135m0%30%-34°
03:000.07%24135m0%30%-27°
04:000.1%24135m0%30%-20°
05:000.1%24135m0%30%-14°
06:000.1%24135m0%30%-7.9°
07:000.1%24135m0%30%-3.2°
08:001.7%24135m0%30%0.23°
09:003.4%24135m0%30%2.3°
10:005%24135m0%30%2.7°
11:0010%24135m0%30%1.7°
12:0016%24135m0%30%-0.95°
13:0021%24135m0%30%-4.9°
14:0040%24135m0%30%-9.9°
15:0058%24135m0%30%-16°
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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