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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
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Good Dark Skies at Sunrise
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 07:00–09:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
42%
🌛Moon Altitude53.2-62.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage16-19%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 09:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-1.6-71.3°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunset
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 19:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-15.4--9.3°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 21:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.4-32.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Mount Cook
Sun, Mar 15 · 07:00–09:00
🌛Moon Altitude:42.7-52.6°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Sun, Mar 15 · 09:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:2.9-67.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunset
Mount Cook
Sun, Mar 15 · 19:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-13.8--6°
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
53matching 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°
Thu, Mar 12
14:00100%24134m0%39%22°
15:0099%24135m0%39%12°
16:001.9%24134m0%39%3.4°
17:000.5%24135m0%39%-4.2°
18:003.7%24134m0%39%-10°
19:003.3%24135m0%39%-15°
20:0014%24134m27%39%-17°
21:0017%24134m55%39%-17°
22:001.3%24134m82%39%-15°
23:008.8%24134m88%39%-10°
Fri, Mar 13
24:007.6%24134m94%39%-3.7°
01:0043%24135m100%39%
02:0069%18352m89%39%13°
03:0094%18197m86%39%22°
04:00100%22763m83%39%32°
05:0067%24134m88%39%43°
06:0086%24135m94%39%53°
07:00100%23568m99%39%63°
08:0086%24134m94%39%71°
09:0056%24135m88%39%73°
10:00100%24135m82%39%69°
11:0073%24134m82%39%60°
12:00100%12461m82%39%51°
13:00100%24135m82%30%40°
14:00100%20081m84%30%30°
15:00100%5550m86%30%20°
16:00100%12164m88%30%10°
17:00100%4351m91%30%1.5°
18:00100%20984m94%30%-6.1°
19:00100%23044m96%30%-12°
20:00100%19850m79%30%-17°
21:0043%24134m63%30%-19°
22:0063%16847m46%30%-18°
23:0076%20719m48%30%-16°
Sat, Mar 14
24:0083%20928m50%30%-11°
01:0067%24135m52%30%-4°
02:0087%21807m35%30%
03:0083%21542m17%30%13°
04:0088%19527m0%30%23°
05:0076%21198m0%30%33°
06:0039%24135m0%30%43°
07:0016%24135m0%30%53°
08:0019%24135m0%30%63°
09:0016%24135m0%30%70°
10:001.3%24134m0%30%71°
11:008.5%24134m0%30%66°
12:000.8%24134m0%30%58°
13:000%24135m0%22%48°
14:000%24135m0%22%37°
15:000%24135m0%22%27°
16:000%24135m0%22%17°
17:000.1%24134m0%22%7.2°
18:000.7%24134m0%22%-1.6°
19:001.4%24135m0%22%-9.3°
20:000%24134m0%22%-15°
21:000%24135m0%22%-20°
22:000%24135m0%22%-21°
23:000%24134m0%22%-21°
Sun, Mar 15
24:000%24135m0%22%-18°
01:005%24134m0%22%-12°
02:004.5%24135m0%22%-5.2°
03:000.4%24135m0%22%3.1°
04:000%24135m0%22%12°
05:003.3%24134m0%22%22°
06:001.7%24135m0%22%32°
07:000.3%24134m0%22%43°
08:005%24134m0%22%53°
09:002.1%24135m0%22%61°
10:001.6%24135m0%22%67°
11:000.2%24134m0%22%68°
12:000.5%24135m0%22%62°
13:005%24134m0%14%54°
14:005%24135m0%14%44°
15:005%24135m0%14%33°
16:005%24135m0%14%23°
17:005%24134m0%14%13°
18:005%24135m0%14%2.9°
19:004.8%24135m0%14%-6°
20:004.8%24135m0%14%-14°
21:004.7%24135m0%14%-20°
22:004.7%24135m0%14%-24°
23:003.1%24135m0%14%-25°
Mon, Mar 16
24:001.6%24135m0%14%-24°
01:000%24135m0%14%-21°
02:000%24135m0%14%-15°
03:000%24135m0%14%-7.1°
04:000%24135m0%14%1.7°
05:000%24135m0%14%11°
06:000%24135m0%14%21°
07:000%24135m0%14%32°
08:000.5%24135m0%14%42°
09:001%24135m0%14%51°
10:001.5%24135m0%14%59°
11:0020%24135m0%14%63°
12:0038%24135m0%14%62°
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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