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Rule Dark Skies

Sodankylä - Dark Skies - Finnish Lapland

Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

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Times shown in Europe/Helsinki
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Sodankylä
Tomorrow · 23:00–04:01 · 5h window
Low confidence
38%
🌛Moon Altitude-0.9-7.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage3.5-6.7%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
6matching hours in the next 91 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Helsinki
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°
Wed, Mar 4
07:0082%411m64%99%1.3°
08:0073%1039m64%99%-4.4°
09:00100%388m67%99%-9.8°
10:00100%389m53%99%-15°
11:00100%599m39%99%-18°
12:00100%424m33%99%-21°
13:00100%923m28%99%-22°
14:00100%2698m22%99%-22°
15:0096%22902m26%99%-20°
16:0086%6471m13%99%-17°
17:0074%4018m0%99%-13°
18:0073%6792m0%99%-8°
19:0083%6548m0%99%-2.8°
20:00100%5445m0%99%2.6°
21:0097%4501m15%99%7.7°
22:0097%4100m7.4%99%12°
23:0098%5233m0%99%16°
Thu, Mar 5
24:00100%4794m0%99%18°
01:00100%3452m0%99%20°
02:00100%3478m0%96%19°
03:00100%3633m0%96%18°
04:0099%2791m0%96%14°
05:00100%3201m0%96%10°
06:0099%3389m0%96%5.2°
07:00100%3902m0%96%-0.37°
08:00100%3387m0%96%-6.2°
09:0098%3636m0%96%-12°
10:0094%5926m0%96%-17°
11:0084%10702m0%96%-22°
12:0070%24134m0%96%-26°
13:0025%24134m0%96%-28°
14:0044%24135m0%96%-29°
15:0097%24134m0%96%-28°
16:00100%24134m0%96%-25°
17:00100%13872m0%96%-22°
18:00100%9464m7.4%96%-17°
19:00100%9159m15%96%-12°
20:00100%16527m22%96%-7°
21:00100%19733m15%96%-1.7°
22:00100%23644m7.4%96%3.2°
23:00100%24134m0%96%7.4°
Fri, Mar 6
24:00100%24134m7.4%96%11°
01:00100%24135m15%96%13°
02:00100%24134m22%90%14°
03:00100%24135m30%90%13°
04:00100%24135m38%90%11°
05:00100%24134m47%90%7.5°
06:00100%24134m61%90%3.1°
07:00100%17109m75%90%-2°
08:00100%15633m90%90%-7.6°
09:0096%19494m92%90%-13°
10:00100%16877m95%90%-19°
11:00100%15303m97%90%-24°
12:00100%14924m98%90%-29°
13:00100%917m98%90%-32°
14:00100%362m99%90%-34°
15:00100%8668m78%90%-34°
16:00100%24135m56%90%-33°
17:00100%14832m35%90%-30°
18:00100%23754m33%90%-26°
19:00100%5184m31%90%-21°
20:0091%490m30%90%-16°
21:00100%2913m20%90%-11°
22:0047%24134m9.9%90%-5.6°
23:003.5%24134m0%90%-0.92°
Sat, Mar 7
24:005%24134m0%90%
01:006.7%24135m0%90%5.9°
02:005%24135m0%84%7.6°
03:005%24135m4.8%84%7.9°
04:005%24135m9.6%84%6.9°
05:008.4%24134m14%84%4.5°
06:0091%24135m19%84%
07:0099%24134m24%84%-3.4°
08:0095%24135m28%84%-8.6°
09:0096%24135m52%84%-14°
10:0098%24135m76%84%-20°
11:00100%24135m100%84%-26°
12:00100%24135m77%84%-31°
13:00100%24135m53%84%-35°
14:00100%24135m30%84%-38°
15:00100%17564m32%84%-40°
16:00100%10992m35%84%-39°
17:00100%4421m38%84%-38°
18:00100%5690m39%84%-34°
19:00100%6960m41%84%-30°
20:00100%8229m43%84%-25°
21:00100%13531m41%84%-19°
22:00100%18833m39%84%-14°
23:00100%24135m37%84%-9°
Sun, Mar 8
24:00100%24135m41%84%-4.6°
01:00100%24135m44%84%-0.99°
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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