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Rule Dark Skies

Durango - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Pagosa Springs, 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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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Today · 02:00–04:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌛Moon Altitude-2.5-6.7°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage8.8-12.5%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Fri, Apr 17 · 21:18–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-29.2--5.1°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching 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°
Wed, Apr 8
01:000%24135m0%66%-4.4°
02:002%24134m0%66%4.8°
03:003.3%24135m0%66%13°
04:005%24134m0%66%19°
05:005%24135m0%66%23°
06:005%24134m0%66%24°
07:005%24135m0%66%23°
08:005%24134m26%66%19°
09:005%24135m39%66%13°
10:000.8%24135m35%66%5.1°
11:002%24134m30%66%-4.1°
12:0022%24135m26%66%-14°
13:0059%24135m17%66%-25°
14:0099%24134m8.7%66%-36°
15:0099%24134m0%66%-47°
16:00100%24135m0%66%-59°
17:00100%24135m0%66%-70°
18:00100%24135m0%57%-79°
19:0089%24134m0%57%-78°
20:0092%24134m0%57%-69°
21:0095%24135m0%57%-58°
22:0087%24134m0%57%-46°
23:0023%24135m0%57%-35°
Thu, Apr 9
24:0078%24134m0%57%-23°
01:0042%24135m0%57%-13°
02:0013%24135m0%57%-2.5°
03:008.8%24134m0%57%6.7°
04:0010%24135m0%57%15°
05:0013%24134m0%57%21°
06:005%24134m0%57%24°
07:005%24135m0%57%26°
08:004%24135m0%57%24°
09:003.9%24135m0%57%20°
10:005%24134m7.4%57%13°
11:005%24135m15%57%4.8°
12:0024%24135m22%57%-4.6°
13:00100%24135m15%57%-15°
14:00100%24135m7.4%57%-26°
15:0099%24134m0%57%-37°
16:00100%24134m0%57%-48°
17:0060%24135m0%57%-60°
18:0080%24134m0%47%-71°
19:0097%24135m0%47%-78°
20:00100%24135m0%47%-76°
21:00100%24135m0%47%-66°
22:00100%24134m0%47%-55°
23:0044%24135m0%47%-43°
Fri, Apr 10
24:0024%24135m0%47%-32°
01:00100%24134m0%47%-21°
02:0074%24134m0%47%-9.7°
03:00100%24135m0%47%0.49°
04:00100%24135m0%47%9.7°
05:0083%24135m0%47%18°
06:0052%24135m0%47%24°
07:0087%24135m19%47%27°
08:00100%24134m37%47%28°
09:00100%24135m56%47%26°
10:00100%24134m62%47%21°
11:00100%24135m67%47%14°
12:00100%24134m73%47%5.2°
13:00100%24135m77%47%-4.5°
14:00100%24135m80%47%-15°
15:00100%24134m84%47%-26°
16:00100%24135m87%47%-38°
17:00100%24135m91%47%-49°
18:00100%24134m95%38%-60°
19:00100%24135m80%38%-70°
20:0073%24134m66%38%-76°
21:00100%24135m51%38%-72°
22:00100%24134m65%38%-62°
23:00100%24013m79%38%-51°
Sat, Apr 11
24:00100%24135m93%38%-40°
01:00100%24134m87%38%-28°
02:00100%24025m82%38%-17°
03:00100%10910m76%38%-5.7°
04:00100%13708m84%38%4.7°
05:0097%24135m92%38%14°
06:0038%20360m100%38%22°
07:0054%17113m100%38%28°
08:0070%13866m100%38%31°
09:0087%10619m100%38%32°
10:0059%15124m100%38%29°
11:0032%19629m100%38%23°
12:004%24135m100%38%15°
13:0014%21262m89%38%6.1°
14:0025%18388m79%38%-4.1°
15:0035%15515m69%38%-15°
16:0046%18388m74%38%-26°
17:0056%21262m79%38%-38°
18:0066%24135m84%29%-49°
19:0046%24135m64%29%-60°
20:0025%24135m44%29%-68°
21:004.8%24135m25%29%-71°
22:0028%24135m25%29%-67°
23:0052%24135m26%29%-57°
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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