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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

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Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 10:00–19:00 · 9h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌛Moon Altitude-2-71.5°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0-0.3%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunset
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 19:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-15.8--9.7°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 21:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.7-32.7°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Lake Tekapo
Sun, Mar 15 · 07:00–09:00
🌛Moon Altitude:43-53°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Sun, Mar 15 · 09:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:2.5-67.7°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunset
Lake Tekapo
Sun, Mar 15 · 19:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-14.2--6.4°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Sun, Mar 15 · 21:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-25.7-21.6°
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
51matching 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°
Thu, Mar 12
14:00✕100%24134m0%39%21°
15:00✕100%24135m0%39%12°
16:00✕97%24134m0%39%3.1°
17:00✕0.2%24134m0%39%-4.6°
18:00✕0%24134m0%39%-11°
19:00✕2.3%24135m0%39%-15°
20:00✕3.7%24134m13%39%-17°
21:00✓4.7%24134m26%39%-17°
22:00✓1.4%24134m39%39%-15°
23:00✓0%24134m57%39%-10°
Fri, Mar 13
24:00✓0%24134m75%39%-3.7°
01:00✓2.8%24135m93%39%4.1°
02:00✓5%24135m85%39%13°
03:00✓4.5%24134m89%39%23°
04:00✓8.1%24135m93%39%33°
05:00✓21%24134m95%39%43°
06:00✓95%24135m97%39%53°
07:00✓85%24134m100%39%63°
08:00✓31%24134m97%39%71°
09:00✓13%24135m98%39%74°
10:00✓100%24135m100%39%69°
11:00✓100%24134m100%39%60°
12:00✓100%24135m100%39%50°
13:00✕100%24135m100%30%40°
14:00✕100%2068m80%30%29°
15:00✕100%267m60%30%19°
16:00✕95%897m41%30%9.9°
17:00✕100%880m44%30%1.2°
18:00✕100%1809m46%30%-6.5°
19:00✕100%416m49%30%-13°
20:00✕100%1770m40%30%-17°
21:00✓100%256m31%30%-19°
22:00✓98%246m22%30%-18°
23:00✓98%229m28%30%-16°
Sat, Mar 14
24:00✓94%142m33%30%-11°
01:00✓87%1746m39%30%-4°
02:00✓80%1809m26%30%4.1°
03:00✓93%2843m13%30%13°
04:00✓93%9774m0%30%23°
05:00✓98%7718m0%30%33°
06:00✓98%2682m0%30%43°
07:00✓79%2685m0%30%54°
08:00✓73%3483m0%30%63°
09:00✓26%24135m0%30%70°
10:00✓0.1%24134m0%30%71°
11:00✓0.3%24134m0%30%66°
12:00✓0%24134m0%30%58°
13:00✓0%24135m0%22%47°
14:00✓0%24135m0%22%37°
15:00✓0%24135m0%22%27°
16:00✓0%24135m0%22%16°
17:00✓0%24134m0%22%6.8°
18:00✓0%24134m0%22%-2°
19:00✓0%24135m0%22%-9.7°
20:00✓0.1%24134m0%22%-16°
21:00✓0%24135m0%22%-20°
22:00✓0%24135m0%22%-22°
23:00✓0%24134m0%22%-21°
Sun, Mar 15
24:00✓3.6%24135m0%22%-18°
01:00✓5%24134m0%22%-12°
02:00✓5%24135m0%22%-5.1°
03:00✓4.1%24135m0%22%3.3°
04:00✓2.3%24135m0%22%13°
05:00✓0.1%24134m0%22%22°
06:00✓0.2%24135m0%22%33°
07:00✓0%24134m0%22%43°
08:00✓0%24134m0%22%53°
09:00✓2.3%24135m0%22%62°
10:00✓0%24135m0%22%67°
11:00✓0%24134m0%22%68°
12:00✓0%24135m0%22%62°
13:00✓0.1%24134m0%14%53°
14:00✓0%24135m0%14%43°
15:00✓0.2%24135m0%14%33°
16:00✓0.3%24135m0%14%23°
17:00✓5%24134m0%14%12°
18:00✓5%24135m0%14%2.5°
19:00✓5%24135m0%14%-6.4°
20:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-14°
21:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-20°
22:00✓4.8%24135m0%14%-24°
23:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-26°
Mon, Mar 16
24:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-24°
01:00✓5%24135m0%14%-21°
02:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-15°
03:00✓4.9%24135m0%14%-7°
04:00✓4.8%24135m0%14%1.8°
05:00✓3.2%24135m0%14%11°
06:00✓1.6%24135m0%14%22°
07:00✓0%24135m0%14%32°
08:00✓0%24135m0%14%42°
09:00✓0%24135m0%14%51°
10:00✓0%24135m0%14%59°
11:00✓6.8%24135m0%14%64°
12:00✓14%24135m0%14%63°
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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