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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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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Today · 12:00–14:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌛Moon Altitude30-41.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5-7.8%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Today · 15:00–16:00
🌛Moon Altitude:63.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Tomorrow · 05:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-29.7°
Medium
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Durango
Tomorrow · 06:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-28.3°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Tomorrow · 09:00–11:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-9.2-0.4°
Medium
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Tue, Feb 24 · 09:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-14.6°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Wed, Feb 25 · 02:00–03:00
🌛Moon Altitude:4.7°
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
27matching 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°
Sat, Feb 21
12:000%24135m0%18%37°
13:001%24134m0%18%48°
14:001%24135m0%18%58°
15:005%24135m0%18%66°
16:002.9%24135m0%18%68°
17:004%24135m0%28%63°
18:005%24135m0%28%54°
19:005%24134m0%28%43°
20:005%24135m0%28%32°
21:005%24134m0%28%21°
22:005%24135m0%28%9.5°
23:005%24134m0%28%-1.4°
Sun, Feb 22
24:005%24134m0%28%-11°
01:005%24134m0%28%-20°
02:005%24135m0%28%-28°
03:005%24135m0%28%-33°
04:0013%24135m0%28%-35°
05:0020%24134m0%28%-33°
06:005%24135m0%28%-29°
07:003%24135m0%28%-22°
08:005%24135m0%28%-13°
09:0043%24135m0%28%-3.5°
10:0071%24135m0%28%7.2°
11:0055%24135m0%28%18°
12:007.8%24134m0%28%30°
13:005%24134m0%28%42°
14:0031%24135m0%28%53°
15:005%24135m0%28%64°
16:0062%24135m0%28%72°
17:0070%24135m0%38%73°
18:0093%24135m0%38%66°
19:00100%24135m0%38%56°
20:00100%24135m0%38%45°
21:00100%24134m0%38%34°
22:0091%24135m0%38%22°
23:00100%24134m0%38%11°
Mon, Feb 23
24:00100%24135m0%38%0.94°
01:00100%24134m0%38%-8.7°
02:00100%24135m0%38%-17°
03:00100%24134m0%38%-24°
04:00100%24134m0%38%-28°
05:005%24135m0%38%-30°
06:005.2%24134m0%38%-28°
07:0085%24135m0%38%-24°
08:0022%24135m0%38%-17°
09:007.1%24134m0%38%-9.2°
10:005%24134m0%38%0.39°
11:007.3%24134m0%38%11°
12:004.9%24135m0%38%22°
13:005%24135m0%38%33°
14:0021%24135m0%38%45°
15:00100%24135m0%38%56°
16:0098%24134m0%38%67°
17:0037%24135m0%50%76°
18:00100%24134m0%50%77°
19:0012%24134m0%50%69°
20:009.7%24135m0%50%58°
21:00100%24135m0%50%47°
22:0016%24135m0%50%35°
23:006.2%24135m0%50%24°
Tue, Feb 24
24:0037%24134m0%50%13°
01:0069%24134m0%50%3.1°
02:0053%24135m0%50%-6.2°
03:0093%24135m0%50%-14°
04:0078%24134m0%50%-21°
05:0066%24135m0%50%-25°
06:00100%24134m0%50%-26°
07:0075%24135m0%50%-25°
08:0070%24135m0%50%-21°
09:005.1%24134m0%50%-15°
10:0097%24135m0%50%-6.6°
11:00100%24135m0%50%2.6°
12:0048%24134m0%50%13°
13:0063%24134m0%50%23°
14:00100%24134m0%50%35°
15:005%24134m0%50%46°
16:0026%24134m0%50%57°
17:0075%24135m0%61%69°
18:0083%24135m0%61%78°
19:0092%24135m0%61%79°
20:00100%24135m0%61%70°
21:0072%24135m0%61%59°
22:0043%24135m0%61%48°
23:0015%24135m0%61%37°
Wed, Feb 25
24:0012%24135m0%61%25°
01:008.3%24135m0%61%15°
02:005%24135m0%61%4.7°
03:0026%19086m0%61%-4.4°
04:0047%14038m0%61%-12°
05:0068%8989m0%61%-19°
06:0069%9026m13%61%-23°
07:0070%9063m26%61%-24°
08:0071%9100m39%61%-23°
09:0066%14112m53%61%-20°
10:0061%19123m68%61%-14°
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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