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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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When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
Next opportunity
Good Dark Skies
Lake Tekapo
Today · 09:00–10:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
64%
🌛Moon Altitude-45.5°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage17.8%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 04:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-60.6--51.2°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 06:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-69.8--67.7°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 23:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-53.5-4.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Lake Tekapo
Wed, Feb 25 · 06:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-70.7--63.1°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Wed, Feb 25 · 08:00–14:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-73--29.2°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Sat, Feb 28 · 02:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.1-5.3°
Low
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
33matching 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°
Sun, Feb 22
08:00✓0%24135m0%18%-43°
09:00✓0%24134m0%18%-33°
10:00✓0.4%24135m0%18%-23°
11:00✓4.9%24135m0%18%-13°
12:00✓4.1%24135m0%18%-2.7°
13:00✕0%24135m0%28%6.7°
14:00✕83%24135m0%28%15°
15:00✕18%24134m0%28%22°
16:00✕100%24135m0%28%27°
17:00✕100%24134m0%28%29°
18:00✕100%24135m0%28%29°
19:00✕100%24134m0%28%26°
20:00✕100%24134m0%28%20°
21:00✕71%24134m0%28%13°
22:00✓52%24135m0%28%4°
23:00✓5.3%24135m0%28%-5.7°
Mon, Feb 23
24:00✓3.7%22434m0%28%-16°
01:00✓3.8%22592m0%28%-26°
02:00✓5%24135m0%28%-37°
03:00✓0.2%24135m0%28%-47°
04:00✓0.7%24135m0%28%-56°
05:00✓4.8%24135m0%28%-63°
06:00✓1.4%24135m0%28%-65°
07:00✓32%24135m0%28%-62°
08:00✓50%24134m0%28%-55°
09:00✓18%24134m0%28%-45°
10:00✓100%24135m0%28%-35°
11:00✓34%24135m0%28%-25°
12:00✓100%24135m0%28%-15°
13:00✓100%24135m0%38%-5.4°
14:00✓93%24135m0%38%3.5°
15:00✓51%24135m0%38%11°
16:00✓100%24135m0%38%18°
17:00✓100%24134m13%38%22°
18:00✓100%24135m26%38%24°
19:00✓100%24134m39%38%24°
20:00✓100%24135m41%38%20°
21:00✓100%24134m43%38%15°
22:00✓100%24135m45%38%7.8°
23:00✓100%24134m49%38%-0.71°
Tue, Feb 24
24:00✓100%24134m52%38%-10°
01:00✓91%24135m56%38%-20°
02:00✓53%24134m37%38%-30°
03:00✓0%24135m19%38%-41°
04:00✓0%24135m0%38%-51°
05:00✓0%24134m0%38%-61°
06:00✓3.9%24134m0%38%-68°
07:00✓12%24134m0%38%-70°
08:00✓33%24135m0%38%-66°
09:00✓48%24135m0%38%-58°
10:00✓46%24135m0.001%38%-48°
11:00✓80%24135m0%38%-38°
12:00✓93%24134m0%38%-27°
13:00✓76%24135m0%50%-17°
14:00✓37%24134m0%50%-8°
15:00✓43%24135m0%50%0.68°
16:00✓24%24135m0%50%8.2°
17:00✓9.3%24135m0%50%14°
18:00✓99%24135m0%50%18°
19:00✓45%24135m0%50%20°
20:00✓7%24134m0%50%20°
21:00✓5%24134m0%50%16°
22:00✓2.9%24135m0%50%11°
23:00✓0%24135m0%50%4.5°
Wed, Feb 25
24:00✓0%24134m0%50%-3.7°
01:00✓0%24135m0%50%-13°
02:00✓0%24134m0%50%-23°
03:00✓0%24135m0%50%-33°
04:00✓0%24135m0%50%-43°
05:00✓5%24134m0%50%-53°
06:00✓1.5%24135m0%50%-63°
07:00✓5%24135m0%50%-71°
08:00✓0%24134m0%50%-73°
09:00✓0.2%24134m0%50%-68°
10:00✓5%24134m0%50%-60°
11:00✓5%24134m0%50%-50°
12:00✓5%24134m0%50%-39°
13:00✓5%24135m0%61%-29°
14:00✓37%24135m0%61%-19°
15:00✓68%24135m0%61%-10°
16:00✓100%24135m0%61%-1.4°
17:00✓100%24135m0%61%6°
18:00✓100%24135m0%61%12°
19:00✓100%24135m0%61%16°
20:00✓100%24135m9.1%61%18°
21:00✓100%24135m18%61%17°
22:00✓100%24135m27%61%15°
23:00✓100%24135m40%61%9.7°
Thu, Feb 26
24:00✓100%24135m52%61%3.1°
01:00✓100%24135m64%61%-4.8°
02:00✓100%24135m67%61%-14°
03:00✓100%24135m70%61%-23°
04:00✓100%24135m73%61%-33°
05:00✓100%24135m79%61%-44°
06:00✓100%24135m84%61%-54°
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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