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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

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Wed, May 27 · 04:00–06:15 · 2h window
Medium confidence
44%
🌛Moon Altitude-22.4--4.1°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0-4.8%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching hours in the next 80 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, May 24
16:00✕99%24134m0%61%22°
17:00✕89%24135m0%61%30°
18:00✓5%24134m0%61%36°
19:00✓5%24134m0%61%40°
20:00✓54%24134m0%61%40°
21:00✓100%24134m0%61%37°
22:00✓82%24135m0%61%31°
23:00✓9.7%24134m0%61%23°
Mon, May 25
24:00✓86%24135m0%61%14°
01:00✓100%24135m0%61%3.7°
02:00✓99%24135m0%61%-6.6°
03:00✓90%24134m0%61%-17°
04:00✓86%24134m0%61%-27°
05:00✓56%24134m0%61%-36°
06:00✓76%24134m0%61%-43°
07:00✕77%24135m0%61%-48°
08:00✕34%24134m0%61%-49°
09:00✕93%24135m0%61%-46°
10:00✕86%24134m0%61%-40°
11:00✕31%24135m0%61%-31°
12:00✕57%24135m0%71%-22°
13:00✕74%24135m0%71%-11°
14:00✕100%24135m0%71%-0.88°
15:00✕100%24135m0%71%9.7°
16:00✕100%24134m0%71%20°
17:00✕100%24134m0%71%29°
18:00✓100%24134m0%71%38°
19:00✓100%24135m0%71%43°
20:00✓100%24134m0%71%46°
21:00✓100%24135m0%71%45°
22:00✓100%24135m0%71%41°
23:00✓100%24134m0%71%34°
Tue, May 26
24:00✓100%24135m0%71%25°
01:00✓100%24134m1.6%71%15°
02:00✓100%24134m3.3%71%5°
03:00✓100%24134m4.9%71%-5.3°
04:00✓100%24134m3.3%71%-15°
05:00✓100%24135m1.6%71%-25°
06:00✓100%24134m0%71%-33°
07:00✕76%24135m32%71%-39°
08:00✕20%24134m63%71%-42°
09:00✕40%24135m95%71%-42°
10:00✕100%24134m97%71%-38°
11:00✕100%24134m98%71%-32°
12:00✕99%24135m100%80%-24°
13:00✕100%24134m74%80%-14°
14:00✕100%24135m48%80%-4°
15:00✕100%24134m22%80%6.6°
16:00✕100%24134m31%80%17°
17:00✕98%24134m41%80%27°
18:00✓34%5110m50%80%37°
19:00✓31%3410m33%80%45°
20:00✓31%3410m17%80%51°
21:00✓31%24134m0%80%52°
22:00✓43%24135m0%80%50°
23:00✓71%24134m0%80%44°
Wed, May 27
24:00✓35%24134m0%80%36°
01:00✓78%24134m0%80%26°
02:00✓98%24135m0%80%16°
03:00✓56%24135m0%80%6°
04:00✓4.8%24134m0%80%-4.1°
05:00✓0%24135m0%80%-14°
06:00✓0%24134m0%80%-22°
07:00✕5.3%24134m0%80%-30°
08:00✕11%24135m0%80%-35°
09:00✕16%24135m0%80%-37°
10:00✕26%24135m0%80%-36°
11:00✕36%24135m0%80%-31°
12:00✕46%24135m0%87%-25°
13:00✕64%24135m1.6%87%-16°
14:00✕82%24135m3.3%87%-7°
15:00✕100%24135m4.9%87%3.2°
16:00✕100%24135m3.3%87%14°
17:00✕100%24135m1.6%87%24°
18:00✓100%24135m0%87%35°
19:00✓95%24135m0%87%44°
20:00✓91%24135m0%87%52°
21:00✓86%24135m0%87%57°
22:00✓59%24135m17%87%58°
23:00✓32%24135m33%87%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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