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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
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Today · 22:00–01:00 · 3h window
Medium confidence
49%
☁️Total Cloud Coverage1.1-2.5%
🌕Moon Illumination59.2%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 14:00–15:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:4.8%
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Dark Skies
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 15:00–16:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:5%
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Good Dark Skies
Mount Cook
Tomorrow · 16:00–19:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:10.8-16.1%
Medium
starry-night weather icon
Dark Skies
Mount Cook
Wed, Feb 11 · 22:00–02:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:5%
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Mount Cook
Thu, Feb 12 · 02:00–05:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:4.6-4.9%
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
8matching hours in the next 72 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 8
07:00100%24134m39%68%59°
08:0098%24134m39%68%53°
09:0038%24134m39%68%45°
10:0019%24134m39%68%35°
11:0087%24134m45%68%25°
12:00100%24134m50%68%15°
13:0098%24134m56%59%4.7°
14:0062%24134m50%59%-4.7°
15:0051%24135m45%59%-13°
16:0061%24134m39%59%-20°
17:0022%24134m39%59%-25°
18:0022%24134m39%59%-28°
19:0012%24134m39%59%-28°
20:002.5%24135m26%59%-25°
21:002.1%24135m13%59%-20°
22:001.1%24134m0%59%-13°
23:002.5%24134m0%59%-3.9°
Mon, Feb 9
24:002.5%24134m0%59%5.6°
01:001.1%24134m0%59%16°
02:000.8%24135m0%59%26°
03:005%24134m0%59%37°
04:001.8%24135m0%59%47°
05:002.2%24134m0%59%56°
06:000%24135m0%59%63°
07:000%24135m0%59%65°
08:000%24134m0%59%62°
09:000.8%24135m0%59%55°
10:000.1%24135m0%59%46°
11:000%24135m0%59%36°
12:000%24135m0%59%25°
13:001.5%24135m0%50%15°
14:004.8%24134m0%50%5.5°
15:005%24135m0%50%-3.5°
16:0011%24135m0%50%-11°
17:0016%24134m0%50%-18°
18:0011%24134m0%50%-22°
19:0067%24135m0%50%-24°
20:0099%24134m0%50%-23°
21:00100%24135m0%50%-20°
22:0079%24134m0%50%-14°
23:00100%24134m7.4%50%-7.1°
Tue, Feb 10
24:00100%24135m15%50%1.5°
01:0069%24134m22%50%11°
02:00100%24134m18%50%21°
03:00100%24134m14%50%31°
04:00100%24134m10%50%42°
05:00100%24135m6.7%50%52°
06:00100%24134m3.3%50%61°
07:00100%24134m0%50%68°
08:00100%24134m0%50%69°
09:00100%24135m0%50%64°
10:00100%24135m0%50%56°
11:00100%24135m7.4%50%46°
12:00100%24135m15%50%36°
13:00100%24134m22%40%25°
14:0098%24134m15%40%15°
15:0097%24135m7.4%40%
16:0095%24135m0%40%-2.5°
17:0097%24135m7.4%40%-9.8°
18:0098%24135m15%40%-16°
19:00100%24135m22%40%-19°
20:00100%24135m15%40%-21°
21:00100%24135m7.4%40%-19°
22:00100%24135m0%40%-16°
23:00100%24135m0%40%-10°
Wed, Feb 11
24:00100%24135m0%40%-2.8°
01:00100%24135m0%40%5.7°
02:0099%24135m0%40%15°
03:0098%24135m0%40%25°
04:0098%24135m0%40%35°
05:0069%24135m17%40%46°
06:0040%24135m33%40%56°
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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