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Rule Dark Skies

Mount Cook - Dark Skies - New Zealand

Twizel, 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)
Mount Cook
Today · 19:52–24:00 · 4h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌛Moon Altitude-17.4-5.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0-4.2%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Thu, Apr 16 · 21:00–22:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-39.3°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 91 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, Apr 8
17:00100%15795m68%66%-17°
18:00100%23190m82%66%-17°
19:00100%24135m39%66%-14°
20:00100%18896m39%66%-9.2°
21:00100%19419m39%66%-2.6°
22:0035%22415m53%66%5.4°
23:005.1%24135m67%66%14°
Thu, Apr 9
24:0011%24134m82%66%24°
01:0029%24134m76%66%34°
02:0049%18423m58%66%44°
03:0098%18093m39%66%55°
04:00100%18216m45%66%64°
05:00100%18641m50%66%72°
06:00100%22727m56%66%74°
07:006.7%23697m26%66%68°
08:007.4%23720m13%66%59°
09:0030%24134m0%66%49°
10:0020%24135m13%66%39°
11:001.2%24135m26%66%29°
12:002.2%24135m39%57%19°
13:005%24134m26%57%9.2°
14:0010%24135m14%57%0.67°
15:008.8%24135m0.91%57%-6.7°
16:0011%24135m0.61%57%-13°
17:005.6%24134m0.3%57%-16°
18:005.6%24134m0%57%-18°
19:004.2%24134m0%57%-17°
20:002.7%24135m0%57%-14°
21:001.4%24134m0%57%-9.1°
22:000%24135m0%57%-2.3°
23:000.2%24135m0%57%5.9°
Fri, Apr 10
24:000.2%24135m0%57%15°
01:000.1%24135m0%57%25°
02:000%24134m0%57%35°
03:000%24135m0%57%45°
04:000%24134m0%57%55°
05:000%24134m0%57%65°
06:000%24135m0%57%71°
07:000%24135m0%57%72°
08:000%24134m0%57%66°
09:000%24134m0%57%57°
10:000.5%24135m0%57%47°
11:0075%24134m0%57%36°
12:00100%24135m0%47%26°
13:00100%24134m0%47%16°
14:0028%24134m0%47%6.5°
15:0056%24135m0%47%-2°
16:0079%24134m0%47%-9.4°
17:0042%24134m0%47%-15°
18:0070%24135m0%47%-19°
19:0064%24134m0%47%-20°
20:00100%24134m0%47%-19°
21:00100%24135m0%47%-16°
22:0064%24135m0%47%-10°
23:0081%24134m0%47%-2.9°
Sat, Apr 11
24:0080%24134m0%47%5.5°
01:0046%24134m0%47%15°
02:0030%24134m0%47%25°
03:0037%24134m0%47%35°
04:0037%24134m0%47%45°
05:00100%24135m0%47%55°
06:00100%24135m0%47%64°
07:00100%24135m0%47%69°
08:00100%24134m0%47%68°
09:00100%24135m0%47%62°
10:00100%24134m0%47%53°
11:00100%24135m0%47%43°
12:00100%24134m0%38%33°
13:00100%24134m0%38%22°
14:00100%24134m0%38%12°
15:00100%24135m0%38%2.6°
16:00100%24135m0%38%-6°
17:00100%24135m0%38%-13°
18:00100%24135m0%38%-19°
19:00100%24135m0%38%-23°
20:00100%24135m0%38%-24°
21:00100%24135m0%38%-22°
22:00100%24135m0%38%-18°
23:00100%24135m0%38%-12°
Sun, Apr 12
24:00100%24135m0%38%-4.2°
01:00100%24135m0%38%4.6°
02:00100%24135m0%38%14°
03:00100%24135m0%38%24°
04:00100%24135m17%38%35°
05:00100%24135m33%38%45°
06:00100%24135m50%38%54°
07:00100%24135m67%38%62°
08:00100%24135m83%38%66°
09:00100%24135m100%38%64°
10:00100%24135m100%38%57°
11:0099%24135m100%38%48°
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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