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Lake Tekapo - Dark Skies - New Zealand

Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, New Zealand

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

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
Next opportunity
Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Today · 19:50–20:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
68%
🌛Moon Altitude-17.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5.9%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Today · 21:00–24:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-9.2-6°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Sun, Apr 12 · 21:00–22:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-28.3°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Pacific/Auckland
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, Apr 8
19:00100%24135m26%66%-14°
20:00100%24134m13%66%-9.2°
21:00100%24135m0%66%-2.6°
22:0097%24134m13%66%5.5°
23:001.4%24135m26%66%14°
Thu, Apr 9
24:0022%24134m39%66%24°
01:0069%24134m26%66%34°
02:0053%24134m13%66%45°
03:005%24135m0%66%55°
04:005%24135m0%66%65°
05:0028%24134m0%66%72°
06:0078%24135m0%66%74°
07:006.2%24135m0%66%68°
08:004.4%24134m0%66%59°
09:004%24134m0%66%49°
10:000.1%24135m0%66%39°
11:004%24135m0%66%28°
12:000.7%24135m0%57%18°
13:005.3%24134m0%57%8.8°
14:004.9%24134m0%57%0.3°
15:005.1%24135m0%57%-7.1°
16:0012%24134m0%57%-13°
17:0015%24135m0%57%-17°
18:004.8%24134m0%57%-18°
19:005.9%24135m0%57%-18°
20:0061%24135m0%57%-14°
21:004.1%24134m0%57%-9.2°
22:000%24135m0%57%-2.2°
23:000%24134m0%57%
Fri, Apr 10
24:000%24134m0%57%15°
01:000%24135m0%57%25°
02:000%24135m0%57%35°
03:000%24135m0%57%45°
04:000%24134m0%57%56°
05:000%24135m0%57%65°
06:000%24135m0%57%71°
07:000%24135m0%57%72°
08:000%24135m0%57%66°
09:000%24134m0%57%57°
10:000%24134m0%57%46°
11:005%24135m0%57%36°
12:0099%24134m0%47%26°
13:00100%24135m0%47%16°
14:0068%24135m0%47%6.2°
15:0030%24135m0%47%-2.4°
16:008.3%24134m0%47%-9.8°
17:005%24135m0%47%-16°
18:0026%24135m0%47%-19°
19:0098%24134m0%47%-21°
20:0077%24134m0%47%-19°
21:0027%24135m0%47%-16°
22:0098%24135m0%47%-10°
23:0059%24135m0%47%-2.9°
Sat, Apr 11
24:0025%24135m0%47%5.6°
01:0053%24135m0%47%15°
02:0098%24134m0%47%25°
03:00100%24135m0%47%35°
04:0092%24134m0%47%46°
05:00100%24135m0%47%55°
06:00100%24134m0%47%64°
07:0099%24135m0%47%69°
08:006.6%24135m0%47%69°
09:0032%24134m0%47%62°
10:0093%24135m0%47%53°
11:0044%24135m0%47%43°
12:00100%24134m0%38%32°
13:00100%24135m0%38%22°
14:00100%24134m0%38%12°
15:00100%24135m0%38%2.3°
16:00100%24134m0%38%-6.4°
17:00100%24135m0%38%-14°
18:00100%24135m0%38%-19°
19:00100%24134m0%38%-23°
20:00100%24134m0%38%-24°
21:00100%24134m0%38%-22°
22:00100%24135m0%38%-18°
23:00100%24135m0%38%-12°
Sun, Apr 12
24:00100%24134m0%38%-4.2°
01:00100%24134m0%38%4.7°
02:00100%24135m0%38%14°
03:00100%24135m0%38%25°
04:00100%24135m7.4%38%35°
05:00100%24135m15%38%45°
06:00100%24135m22%38%54°
07:00100%24135m22%38%62°
08:00100%24135m22%38%66°
09:00100%24135m22%38%64°
10:00100%24135m31%38%57°
11:00100%24135m41%38%48°
12:00100%24135m50%29%38°
13:00100%24135m60%29%28°
14:00100%24135m70%29%17°
15:00100%24135m80%29%6.8°
16:00100%24135m83%29%-2.8°
17:00100%24135m87%29%-12°
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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