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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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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Durango
Thu, May 28 · 03:00–04:01 · 1h window
Low confidence
34%
🌛Moon Altitude-1.3-9.3°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage2.6-3.9%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 80 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°
Sat, May 23
22:000%24134m0%61%48°
23:000%24135m0%61%38°
Sun, May 24
24:005%24134m0%61%27°
01:005%24134m0%61%15°
02:005%24134m0%61%3.2°
03:005%24134m0%61%-8.3°
04:002.1%24135m0%61%-20°
05:001.1%24134m0%61%-30°
06:000%24135m0%61%-39°
07:000%24135m0%61%-45°
08:000%24135m0%61%-49°
09:003.6%24134m0%61%-47°
10:005%24134m13%61%-42°
11:005%24134m26%61%-34°
12:0036%24134m39%61%-24°
13:00100%24135m28%61%-14°
14:00100%24134m18%61%-2.4°
15:0094%24135m7%61%9.1°
16:0089%24134m12%61%20°
17:0037%24135m17%61%31°
18:005%24135m22%71%41°
19:008.4%24135m18%71%49°
20:0061%24135m14%71%53°
21:00100%24135m10%71%53°
22:0051%24134m14%71%48°
23:00100%24134m18%71%40°
Mon, May 25
24:00100%24134m22%71%30°
01:0081%24135m15%71%19°
02:0097%24134m7.4%71%7.9°
03:00100%24135m0%71%-3.9°
04:0056%24135m33%71%-16°
05:0075%24134m67%71%-27°
06:00100%24135m100%71%-37°
07:00100%24134m75%71%-46°
08:00100%24134m50%71%-53°
09:00100%24134m25%71%-55°
10:00100%24134m35%71%-52°
11:00100%24135m45%71%-45°
12:00100%24134m55%71%-36°
13:00100%24135m67%71%-25°
14:0098%24134m80%71%-14°
15:00100%24135m92%71%-2.7°
16:00100%24134m94%71%8.7°
17:00100%24134m96%71%20°
18:00100%24135m98%80%30°
19:00100%24134m80%80%38°
20:00100%24135m62%80%45°
21:00100%24134m44%80%48°
22:00100%24134m50%80%46°
23:00100%24134m55%80%41°
Tue, May 26
24:00100%24135m61%80%33°
01:0090%24134m67%80%23°
02:00100%24135m73%80%12°
03:00100%24134m79%80%0.63°
04:00100%24135m85%80%-11°
05:0098%24134m91%80%-23°
06:0082%22313m97%80%-34°
07:0069%24134m96%80%-45°
08:006%21471m94%80%-54°
09:0015%13171m93%80%-60°
10:004.9%9019m93%80%-60°
11:0011%12341m93%80%-55°
12:0091%24134m92%80%-47°
13:0066%24134m74%80%-37°
14:0042%24135m56%80%-26°
15:0017%24135m38%80%-14°
16:0045%24135m38%80%-2.8°
17:0072%24135m38%80%8.3°
18:00100%24135m38%87%19°
19:0084%24135m29%87%28°
20:0068%24135m20%87%36°
21:0052%24135m12%87%40°
22:0036%24135m7.8%87%42°
23:0021%24135m3.9%87%39°
Wed, May 27
24:004.9%24135m0%87%34°
01:004.5%24135m6.7%87%26°
02:004%24135m13%87%16°
03:003.6%24135m20%87%5.1°
04:004%24135m47%87%-6.3°
05:004.4%24135m73%87%-18°
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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