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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
Tomorrow · 04:00–06:27 · 2h window
Medium confidence
43%
🌛Moon Altitude6.2-19.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5-6.5%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Tomorrow · 18:59–06:27
🌛Moon Altitude:-68.5-10.3°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Lake Tekapo
Sat, Jul 11 · 19:00–06:26
🌛Moon Altitude:-71.9-0.4°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
21matching 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°
Wed, Jul 8
16:00✕100%63m100%43%-42°
17:00✕100%60m100%43%-51°
18:00✓100%56m100%43%-57°
19:00✓100%43m100%43%-58°
20:00✓100%40m100%43%-55°
21:00✓100%35m100%43%-49°
22:00✓100%30m100%43%-40°
23:00✓100%26m100%43%-30°
Thu, Jul 9
24:00✓100%25m100%43%-20°
01:00✓100%25m98%43%-9.7°
02:00✓100%27m97%43%0.18°
03:00✓100%29m95%43%9.4°
04:00✓100%31m96%43%18°
05:00✓100%38m97%43%24°
06:00✓100%33m98%43%29°
07:00✕100%41m78%43%31°
08:00✕100%47m59%43%30°
09:00✕100%37m39%43%26°
10:00✕100%45m39%43%20°
11:00✕100%100m39%43%12°
12:00✕93%1918m39%32%2.8°
13:00✕78%22518m26%32%-7.1°
14:00✕38%22539m13%32%-17°
15:00✕26%24006m0%32%-28°
16:00✕22%24134m0%32%-38°
17:00✕17%24134m0%32%-48°
18:00✓31%16895m0%32%-57°
19:00✓36%24135m0%32%-63°
20:00✓38%24134m0%32%-64°
21:00✓53%24135m0%32%-60°
22:00✓56%24134m0%32%-52°
23:00✓59%24135m0%32%-43°
Fri, Jul 10
24:00✓62%24135m0%32%-32°
01:00✓46%22722m0%32%-22°
02:00✓37%23006m0%32%-12°
03:00✓33%24135m0%32%-2.6°
04:00✓6.5%24134m0%32%6.2°
05:00✓5.2%24135m0%32%14°
06:00✓5%24135m0%32%20°
07:00✕5%24134m0%32%24°
08:00✕3.6%24135m0%32%25°
09:00✕3.6%24135m0%32%24°
10:00✕3.6%24135m0%32%20°
11:00✕3.6%24135m0%32%14°
12:00✕3.6%24135m0%22%6.8°
13:00✕3.6%24135m0%22%-2°
14:00✕3.6%24135m0%22%-12°
15:00✕5%24134m0%22%-22°
16:00✕5%24135m0%22%-32°
17:00✕5%24134m0%22%-43°
18:00✓5%24135m0%22%-53°
19:00✓1.5%24134m0%22%-62°
20:00✓1.4%24134m0%22%-68°
21:00✓1.4%24135m0%22%-69°
22:00✓1.4%24134m0%22%-63°
23:00✓1.4%24134m0%22%-55°
Sat, Jul 11
24:00✓1.4%24134m0%22%-45°
01:00✓1.4%24135m0%22%-35°
02:00✓1.3%24134m0%22%-25°
03:00✓1.3%24134m0%22%-15°
04:00✓1.3%24135m0%22%-5.4°
05:00✓1.3%24135m0%22%3°
06:00✓0.6%24135m0%22%10°
07:00✕1.6%24135m0%22%16°
08:00✕2.6%24135m0%22%20°
09:00✕3.6%24135m0%22%21°
10:00✕2.9%24135m0%22%20°
11:00✕2.2%24135m0%22%16°
12:00✕1.5%24135m0%13%11°
13:00✕1.5%24135m0%13%3.5°
14:00✕1.5%24135m0%13%-4.9°
15:00✕1.5%24135m0%13%-14°
16:00✕2.1%24135m0%13%-24°
17:00✕2.6%24135m0%13%-34°
18:00✕3.2%24135m0%13%-45°
19:00✓2.6%24135m0%13%-55°
20:00✓2.1%24135m0%13%-64°
21:00✓1.5%24135m0%13%-71°
22:00✓1.5%24135m0%13%-72°
23:00✓1.4%24135m0%13%-66°
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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