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Rule Dark Skies

Breckenridge - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Silverthorne, Colorado, United States

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

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Times shown in America/Denver
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Good Dark Skies
Breckenridge
Tomorrow · 03:00–03:47 · 1h window
Medium confidence
56%
🌛Moon Altitude-4.5°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage16.7%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Breckenridge
Thu, May 28 · 03:00–03:44
🌛Moon Altitude:7.5°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 79 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
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, May 23
23:005%24135m1.2%61%36°
Sun, May 24
24:0058%24134m0%61%25°
01:0054%24134m0%61%14°
02:005%24134m0%61%2.7°
03:003.6%24134m0%61%-8.5°
04:007.8%24135m0%61%-19°
05:0015%24134m0%61%-29°
06:005.2%24135m0%61%-38°
07:005%24135m13%61%-44°
08:0020%24135m26%61%-46°
09:0091%24134m39%61%-45°
10:00100%24134m39%61%-40°
11:00100%24134m39%61%-32°
12:00100%24134m39%61%-23°
13:00100%24135m45%61%-12°
14:0098%24134m51%61%-1.4°
15:00100%24135m58%61%9.6°
16:00100%24134m60%61%20°
17:00100%24135m62%61%31°
18:006.9%24135m64%71%40°
19:0020%24135m43%71%47°
20:0074%24135m21%71%51°
21:0097%24135m0%71%51°
22:0060%24134m0%71%46°
23:0048%24134m0%71%38°
Mon, May 25
24:005%24134m0%71%29°
01:0044%24135m0%71%18°
02:0030%24134m0%71%6.9°
03:0017%24135m0%71%-4.5°
04:005%24135m0%71%-16°
05:005%24134m0%71%-27°
06:005%24135m0%71%-37°
07:005%24134m16%71%-45°
08:0085%24134m32%71%-51°
09:0026%24134m48%71%-52°
10:00100%24134m60%71%-49°
11:00100%24135m72%71%-43°
12:00100%24134m84%71%-34°
13:0098%24135m86%71%-24°
14:00100%24134m88%71%-13°
15:00100%22187m90%71%-2.1°
16:00100%24134m92%71%8.9°
17:00100%24134m93%71%19°
18:00100%7105m94%80%29°
19:00100%160m63%80%37°
20:00100%5728m31%80%43°
21:00100%24134m0%80%45°
22:0094%24134m0%80%44°
23:00100%24134m0%80%39°
Tue, May 26
24:0099%24135m0%80%31°
01:00100%24134m17%80%21°
02:0099%24135m33%80%11°
03:00100%24134m50%80%-0.44°
04:00100%24135m49%80%-12°
05:00100%24134m47%80%-23°
06:00100%24134m46%80%-34°
07:00100%24134m62%80%-44°
08:00100%24135m78%80%-52°
09:00100%24135m93%80%-58°
10:00100%24134m95%80%-58°
11:00100%18771m98%80%-53°
12:00100%14968m100%80%-45°
13:00100%15639m99%80%-35°
14:00100%16309m97%80%-25°
15:00100%16980m96%80%-13°
16:00100%16127m97%80%-2.5°
17:00100%15273m98%80%8.2°
18:00100%14420m99%87%18°
19:0099%17658m79%87%27°
20:0097%20897m60%87%34°
21:0096%24135m40%87%38°
22:0097%24135m32%87%39°
23:0099%24135m25%87%37°
Wed, May 27
24:00100%24135m17%87%31°
01:00100%23942m16%87%23°
02:00100%23750m14%87%14°
03:00100%23557m13%87%3.6°
04:0099%23750m14%87%-7.4°
05:0097%23942m16%87%-19°
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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