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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

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)
Mount Cook
Wed, Jun 17 · 21:00–04:00 · 7h window
Medium confidence
42%
🌛Moon Altitude-67.8--16°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage4.6-6.6%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Fri, Jun 19 · 03:00–06:29
🌛Moon Altitude:-62.7--54.6°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
11matching hours in the next 85 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°
Sat, Jun 13
18:004.1%24134m0%4.5%-30°
19:006.8%24135m0%4.5%-41°
20:005%24135m0%4.5%-51°
21:004.6%24134m0%4.5%-60°
22:000.6%24134m0%4.5%-68°
23:005%24135m0%4.5%-70°
Sun, Jun 14
24:003%24135m0%4.5%-67°
01:008.6%24135m0%4.5%-59°
02:0038%24135m0%4.5%-49°
03:007.8%24135m0%4.5%-39°
04:006.7%24134m0%4.5%-29°
05:0043%24135m0%4.5%-19°
06:008%24135m0%4.5%-9.6°
07:0018%24135m0%4.5%-0.92°
08:0060%24134m0%4.5%6.7°
09:0018%24135m0%4.5%13°
10:0090%24134m31%4.5%17°
11:00100%24134m62%4.5%19°
12:00100%24134m93%0.7%19°
13:00100%18511m94%0.7%16°
14:00100%18153m96%0.7%11°
15:00100%24134m97%0.7%4.9°
16:00100%24135m98%0.7%-2.9°
17:00100%23683m99%0.7%-12°
18:00100%24134m100%0.7%-21°
19:00100%22742m98%0.7%-31°
20:00100%18165m96%0.7%-42°
21:00100%15008m94%0.7%-52°
22:00100%14492m94%0.7%-62°
23:00100%9703m94%0.7%-70°
Mon, Jun 15
24:00100%14867m95%0.7%-73°
01:00100%12851m85%0.7%-70°
02:00100%12825m76%0.7%-61°
03:00100%19346m67%0.7%-52°
04:00100%16126m67%0.7%-42°
05:00100%19456m68%0.7%-31°
06:0094%20701m69%0.7%-21°
07:00100%20611m63%0.7%-12°
08:00100%20625m56%0.7%-3.4°
09:00100%23135m50%0.7%4.3°
10:00100%24135m54%0.7%11°
11:00100%24134m57%0.7%15°
12:00100%20339m61%0.1%17°
13:00100%24134m61%0.1%18°
14:00100%12298m61%0.1%15°
15:00100%13912m62%0.1%11°
16:00100%7084m67%0.1%4.8°
17:00100%4392m72%0.1%-2.8°
18:00100%4737m78%0.1%-11°
19:0099%4128m65%0.1%-21°
20:0095%4014m52%0.1%-31°
21:0062%6518m39%0.1%-41°
22:0083%24135m39%0.1%-51°
23:0088%24135m39%0.1%-61°
Tue, Jun 16
24:0091%24135m39%0.1%-69°
01:0085%24135m26%0.1%-74°
02:0057%24135m14%0.1%-71°
03:0083%24134m0.91%0.1%-63°
04:0083%24135m0.61%0.1%-53°
05:0085%24135m0.3%0.1%-43°
06:0066%24135m0%0.1%-33°
07:0050%24134m0%0.1%-23°
08:0017%24134m0%0.1%-13°
09:008.8%24135m0%0.1%-4.3°
10:003.2%24134m0%0.1%3.6°
11:003.4%24135m0%0.1%10°
12:004.6%24134m0%2.6%15°
13:0036%24134m0%2.6%18°
14:0068%24135m0%2.6%18°
15:00100%24135m0%2.6%17°
16:00100%24135m17%2.6%12°
17:00100%24135m33%2.6%6.5°
18:00100%24135m50%2.6%-0.9°
19:0093%24135m44%2.6%-9.4°
20:0087%24135m38%2.6%-19°
21:0080%24135m33%2.6%-29°
22:0087%22989m48%2.6%-39°
23:0093%21842m63%2.6%-49°
Wed, Jun 17
24:00100%20696m78%2.6%-59°
01:00100%14280m69%2.6%-67°
02:00100%7864m61%2.6%-72°
03:00100%1448m53%2.6%-70°
04:0088%3316m52%2.6%-62°
05:0076%5184m51%2.6%-53°
06:0064%7052m49%2.6%-43°
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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