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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

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Denver
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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Breckenridge
Tomorrow · 22:32–03:35 · 5h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌛Moon Altitude-35.9-4.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Breckenridge
Thu, Jun 11 · 22:33–03:35
🌛Moon Altitude:-31.4--0.8°
Medium
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Good Dark Skies
Breckenridge
Wed, Jun 17 · 22:36–23:00
🌛Moon Altitude:14.1°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Breckenridge
Thu, Jun 18 · 02:00–03:34
🌛Moon Altitude:-28.8--23.2°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Breckenridge
Thu, Jun 18 · 22:36–03:34
🌛Moon Altitude:-29.2-20.6°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
12matching hours in the next 95 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°
Mon, Jun 8
20:000%24135m0%38%-50°
21:000%24134m0%38%-46°
22:000%24134m0%38%-39°
23:000%24135m0%38%-29°
Tue, Jun 9
24:000%24135m0%38%-19°
01:000%24134m0%38%-7.9°
02:000.5%24135m0%38%3.4°
03:0051%24135m0%38%15°
04:000%24135m0%38%26°
05:0017%24134m0%38%36°
06:0080%24134m0%38%45°
07:0057%24134m0%38%51°
08:0090%24134m0%38%54°
09:0099%24134m0%38%52°
10:0094%24134m0%38%46°
11:00100%24135m0%38%37°
12:005.2%24134m0%38%27°
13:0065%24135m3.3%38%16°
14:0021%24135m6.7%38%5.3°
15:0064%24135m10%38%-5.6°
16:0045%24135m15%38%-16°
17:003.4%24135m21%38%-26°
18:005.6%24135m26%29%-34°
19:000%24135m43%29%-40°
20:004.4%24135m21%29%-43°
21:0022%24135m0%29%-43°
22:0021%24134m0%29%-38°
23:007.2%24135m0%29%-31°
Wed, Jun 10
24:0075%23044m0%29%-22°
01:0083%22645m0%29%-12°
02:0012%24135m0%29%-1.1°
03:002.5%24135m0%29%10°
04:000%24135m0%29%22°
05:000%24135m0%29%33°
06:000%24135m0%29%43°
07:000%24135m0%29%52°
08:000%24134m0%29%59°
09:000%24135m0%29%60°
10:000%24134m0%29%57°
11:000%24135m0%29%49°
12:000%24135m0%29%40°
13:000%24134m0%29%29°
14:000%24134m0%29%18°
15:000%24134m0%29%7.1°
16:000%24134m0%29%-3.6°
17:000%24135m0%29%-14°
18:000%24135m0%19%-23°
19:000%24135m0%19%-30°
20:000%24134m0%19%-35°
21:000%24134m0%19%-37°
22:000%24134m0%19%-36°
23:000%24134m0%19%-31°
Thu, Jun 11
24:000%24134m0%19%-24°
01:000%24134m0%19%-16°
02:000%24134m0%19%-5.7°
03:000%24134m0%19%4.9°
04:000%24134m0%19%16°
05:003.6%24134m0%19%27°
06:000%24134m0%19%39°
07:000%24134m0%19%49°
08:000%24135m0%19%59°
09:000%24134m0%19%65°
10:000%24134m0%19%66°
11:000%24135m0%19%61°
12:000%24135m0%19%52°
13:000%24134m0%19%42°
14:000%24134m0%19%31°
15:000%24134m0%19%20°
16:000%24135m0%19%9.4°
17:000%24134m0%19%-0.89°
18:000%24134m0%10%-10°
19:000%24134m0%10%-19°
20:000.6%24134m0%10%-25°
21:000%24134m0%10%-30°
22:000%24135m0%10%-31°
23:000%24135m0%10%-30°
Fri, Jun 12
24:000%24134m0%10%-25°
01:000%24135m0%10%-19°
02:000%24135m0%10%-10°
03:000%24134m0%10%-0.84°
04:000%24135m0%10%9.5°
05:000%24135m0%10%20°
06:000%24134m0%10%32°
07:000%24134m0%10%43°
08:000%24135m0%10%54°
09:000%24135m0%10%64°
10:001.4%24135m0%10%71°
11:002.8%24135m0%10%71°
12:004.2%24135m0%10%65°
13:0010%24135m0%10%55°
14:0016%24135m0%10%45°
15:0022%24135m0%10%34°
16:0048%24135m0%10%23°
17:0074%24135m0%10%12°
18:00100%24135m0%4.5%2.2°
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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