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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

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Sat, Feb 21 · 02:00–04:00 · 2h window
Low confidence
39%
🌛Moon Altitude-40.6--37.8°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Sun, Feb 22 · 02:00–03:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-27.7°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
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, Feb 16
06:00100%24134m0%1.2%-6.8°
07:00100%24135m0%1.2%4.1°
08:00100%24135m0%1.2%14°
09:00100%24135m13%1.2%23°
10:00100%24134m26%1.2%30°
11:00100%24135m39%1.2%35°
12:00100%24135m29%1.2%36°
13:00100%24134m19%1.2%34°
14:00100%24135m8.3%1.2%29°
15:00100%24134m33%1.2%22°
16:00100%24134m58%1.2%12°
17:00100%24134m83%0%2.2°
18:0097%24134m86%0%-8.7°
19:00100%24134m92%0%-20°
20:00100%24135m99%0%-31°
21:00100%24134m99%0%-43°
22:00100%24134m100%0%-53°
23:00100%24134m100%0%-62°
Tue, Feb 17
24:00100%24134m100%0%-66°
01:0099%24134m100%0%-64°
02:00100%24134m100%0%-57°
03:00100%17621m100%0%-47°
04:00100%14362m100%0%-36°
05:00100%116m100%0%-24°
06:00100%239m98%0%-12°
07:00100%76m97%0%-0.98°
08:00100%10160m95%0%10°
09:00100%8176m97%0%20°
10:00100%183m98%0%29°
11:0098%1838m100%0%37°
12:00100%1784m100%0%41°
13:0094%6399m100%0%42°
14:0044%23678m100%0%39°
15:0093%24000m100%0%32°
16:0097%21622m100%0%24°
17:0091%24135m100%1.2%14°
18:00100%21740m100%1.2%3.5°
19:00100%3805m100%1.2%-7.7°
20:00100%1474m100%1.2%-19°
21:00100%1782m100%1.2%-30°
22:00100%1119m100%1.2%-41°
23:0096%1233m100%1.2%-51°
Wed, Feb 18
24:00100%5114m100%1.2%-58°
01:00100%3874m100%1.2%-61°
02:00100%381m100%1.2%-57°
03:00100%137m100%1.2%-50°
04:00100%177m100%1.2%-40°
05:00100%114m100%1.2%-29°
06:00100%102m100%1.2%-18°
07:00100%117m100%1.2%-6°
08:00100%95m100%1.2%5.6°
09:00100%141m100%1.2%17°
10:00100%241m100%1.2%27°
11:00100%1392m100%1.2%37°
12:00100%1423m97%1.2%44°
13:00100%640m93%1.2%48°
14:00100%247m90%1.2%48°
15:00100%1366m89%1.2%43°
16:00100%487m88%1.2%36°
17:00100%90m87%4.5%26°
18:00100%480m65%4.5%16°
19:00100%9634m44%4.5%4.8°
20:00100%3242m22%4.5%-6.6°
21:00100%4991m23%4.5%-18°
22:0098%21627m25%4.5%-29°
23:008.6%24134m26%4.5%-39°
Thu, Feb 19
24:0036%16591m25%4.5%-47°
01:0048%16484m23%4.5%-53°
02:0039%16523m22%4.5%-54°
03:0016%19182m31%4.5%-50°
04:005%24135m41%4.5%-43°
05:0083%23967m50%4.5%-33°
06:0047%24134m46%4.5%-22°
07:0033%24134m42%4.5%-11°
08:0079%24134m39%4.5%0.83°
09:0034%24135m53%4.5%13°
10:0018%24134m68%4.5%24°
11:0018%24135m83%4.5%35°
12:0045%19608m68%4.5%44°
13:0072%15081m54%4.5%51°
14:0098%10554m39%4.5%55°
15:0095%7625m39%4.5%53°
16:0092%4695m39%4.5%47°
17:0089%1766m39%10%39°
18:0093%1218m48%10%29°
19:0096%670m57%10%18°
20:00100%122m65%10%6.2°
21:00100%121m73%10%-5.2°
22:00100%120m80%10%-16°
23:00100%119m88%10%-27°
Fri, Feb 20
24:00100%109m88%10%-36°
01:00100%99m88%10%-43°
02:00100%89m88%10%-47°
03:00100%94m89%10%-47°
04:00100%98m90%10%-42°
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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