Skip to content
✨ New: PhotoWeather is now available on iOS and Android
Rule Dark Skies

Mount Cook - Dark Skies - New Zealand

Twizel, 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
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 04:00–06:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
54%
🌛Moon Altitude-60.2--50.8°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage1.4-9.5%
starry-night weather icon
Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 16:00–17:00
🌛Moon Altitude:7.8°
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 23:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-53.1-4.5°
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Mount Cook
Wed, Feb 25 · 06:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-70.3--62.7°
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Wed, Feb 25 · 08:00–12:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-72.8--49.9°
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Sat, Feb 28 · 02:00–05:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-11.4-5.3°
Low
starry-night weather icon
Good Dark Skies
Mount Cook
Sun, Mar 1 · 16:00–17:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-35°
Medium
+4 more windows in the next 10 days

Create your own Dark Skies alerts

Get notified when these conditions match at your own locations.

Get this template

72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
30matching 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
08:003.1%24135m0%18%-43°
09:001.9%24134m0%18%-33°
10:001.1%24135m0%18%-23°
11:000.8%24135m0%18%-13°
12:000.1%24135m0%18%-3°
13:004.9%24135m0%28%6.3°
14:0084%24135m0%28%15°
15:0023%24134m0%28%22°
16:00100%24135m0%28%27°
17:00100%24134m0%28%29°
18:00100%24135m0%28%29°
19:00100%24134m0%28%26°
20:0098%24134m0%28%20°
21:0039%24134m0%28%13°
22:005.6%24135m0%28%4.1°
23:000%24135m0%28%-5.5°
Mon, Feb 23
24:000%24135m0%28%-16°
01:005.7%24134m0%28%-26°
02:005%24135m0%28%-37°
03:002.2%24135m0%28%-47°
04:0019%24135m0%28%-56°
05:000%24135m0%28%-63°
06:005%24135m0%28%-65°
07:0058%24135m0%28%-62°
08:0048%24134m0%28%-55°
09:0034%24134m0%28%-46°
10:00100%24135m0%28%-36°
11:00100%24135m0%28%-26°
12:00100%24135m0%28%-15°
13:0044%24135m0%38%-5.8°
14:0099%24135m0%38%3.2°
15:00100%24135m0%38%11°
16:00100%24135m0%38%17°
17:00100%24134m13%38%22°
18:00100%24135m26%38%24°
19:00100%24134m39%38%23°
20:00100%24135m37%38%20°
21:00100%24134m35%38%15°
22:00100%24135m33%38%7.8°
23:00100%24134m40%38%-0.61°
Tue, Feb 24
24:0099%24134m48%38%-9.9°
01:0087%24135m56%38%-20°
02:0026%24134m37%38%-30°
03:000.3%24135m19%38%-41°
04:001.4%24135m0%38%-51°
05:009.5%24134m0%38%-60°
06:0021%24134m0%38%-67°
07:0027%24134m0%38%-70°
08:0038%24135m4%38%-66°
09:0050%24135m8%38%-58°
10:0051%24135m12%38%-48°
11:0051%24135m21%38%-38°
12:0064%24134m30%38%-28°
13:0055%24135m39%50%-18°
14:0026%24134m26%50%-8.3°
15:009.9%24135m13%50%0.31°
16:009.6%24135m0%50%7.8°
17:0031%24135m0%50%14°
18:00100%24135m0%50%18°
19:0047%24135m0%50%20°
20:005%24134m0%50%19°
21:005%24134m0%50%16°
22:005%24135m0%50%11°
23:000%24135m0%50%4.5°
Wed, Feb 25
24:000%24134m0%50%-3.6°
01:000%24135m0%50%-13°
02:000%24134m0%50%-22°
03:000%24135m0%50%-33°
04:005%24135m0%50%-43°
05:002.8%24134m0%50%-53°
06:005%24135m0%50%-63°
07:002.8%24135m0%50%-70°
08:001.2%24134m0%50%-73°
09:005.1%24134m0%50%-68°
10:008%24134m0%50%-60°
11:0014%24134m0%50%-50°
12:0028%24134m0%50%-40°
13:00100%24135m0%61%-30°
14:00100%24135m0%61%-20°
15:00100%24135m0%61%-10°
16:00100%24135m0%61%-1.8°
17:00100%24135m0%61%5.6°
18:00100%24135m0%61%12°
19:00100%24135m0%61%16°
20:00100%24135m13%61%18°
21:00100%24135m26%61%17°
22:00100%24135m39%61%14°
23:00100%24135m41%61%9.6°
Thu, Feb 26
24:00100%24135m43%61%3.1°
01:00100%24135m46%61%-4.8°
02:00100%24135m55%61%-14°
03:00100%24135m65%61%-23°
04:00100%24135m75%61%-33°
05:00100%24135m76%61%-43°
06:00100%24135m77%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.

Get Notified of Opportunities

Create your own custom alerts for this location and more.

Create Free Account