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Rule Dark Skies

Estes Park - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Estes Park, 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)
Estes Park
Tomorrow · 24:00–04:00 · 4h window
Medium confidence
50%
🌛Moon Altitude-23.2-5.4°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5-15.7%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Estes Park
Sun, Apr 12 · 21:15–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-62.4--48.8°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Estes Park
Fri, Apr 17 · 21:22–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-27--4.7°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
8matching hours in the next 92 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°
Tue, Apr 7
22:0046%24134m0%66%-36°
23:0018%24134m0%66%-25°
Wed, Apr 8
24:004.3%24135m0%66%-15°
01:004.8%24135m0%66%-5.2°
02:003.3%24134m0%66%3.6°
03:002%24135m0%66%11°
04:004.1%24134m0%66%17°
05:004.2%24135m0%66%20°
06:006.1%24134m0%66%21°
07:0011%24134m0%66%20°
08:0016%24134m0%66%16°
09:0040%24135m0%66%9.9°
10:0068%24135m0%66%2.2°
11:0069%24134m0%66%-6.7°
12:0098%24135m0%66%-16°
13:00100%24135m7.4%66%-27°
14:0098%24134m15%66%-38°
15:0098%24134m22%66%-49°
16:0085%24135m28%66%-60°
17:0064%24135m33%66%-70°
18:0080%24135m39%57%-77°
19:0099%24134m27%57%-75°
20:00100%24135m16%57%-67°
21:00100%24135m4.9%57%-56°
22:00100%23287m3.3%57%-45°
23:0099%24134m1.6%57%-34°
Thu, Apr 9
24:0016%24134m0%57%-23°
01:005.2%24134m0%57%-13°
02:005%24135m0%57%-3.3°
03:005%24134m0%57%5.4°
04:005%24135m0%57%13°
05:006.4%24135m0%57%18°
06:0017%24135m0%57%22°
07:0015%24135m13%57%22°
08:0039%24134m26%57%21°
09:0077%24135m39%57%16°
10:00100%24134m41%57%9.9°
11:00100%24134m44%57%
12:00100%24135m46%57%-7.2°
13:00100%24135m52%57%-17°
14:0098%24134m58%57%-28°
15:0092%24134m64%57%-38°
16:00100%24135m68%57%-49°
17:00100%13850m71%57%-60°
18:00100%24135m75%47%-70°
19:0099%24134m50%47%-76°
20:00100%22111m25%47%-73°
21:00100%22458m0%47%-64°
22:0092%24134m0%47%-53°
23:0043%24134m0%47%-42°
Fri, Apr 10
24:0078%24135m0%47%-31°
01:0067%24134m0%47%-20°
02:0076%24134m0%47%-10°
03:0098%24135m0%47%-0.25°
04:00100%24135m7.4%47%8.5°
05:00100%24134m15%47%16°
06:00100%24134m22%47%21°
07:00100%24134m27%47%24°
08:0099%24134m32%47%25°
09:00100%24134m37%47%22°
10:00100%24134m55%47%18°
11:00100%24135m72%47%11°
12:00100%24135m90%47%2.5°
13:00100%24135m74%47%-7°
14:00100%23493m58%47%-17°
15:00100%19705m42%47%-28°
16:00100%22372m43%47%-39°
17:00100%24135m44%47%-50°
18:00100%24134m45%38%-60°
19:00100%24134m37%38%-69°
20:00100%24134m30%38%-73°
21:00100%24135m22%38%-69°
22:00100%24135m22%38%-60°
23:00100%24135m22%38%-49°
Sat, Apr 11
24:00100%24135m22%38%-38°
01:00100%24135m15%38%-27°
02:00100%24135m7.4%38%-16°
03:00100%24135m0%38%-5.9°
04:0099%24135m0%38%
05:0099%24135m0%38%13°
06:0098%24135m0%38%20°
07:0099%18193m18%38%26°
08:0099%12250m35%38%28°
09:00100%6307m53%38%28°
10:00100%6078m65%38%25°
11:00100%5848m78%38%20°
12:00100%5619m90%38%12°
13:0099%11791m73%38%3.5°
14:0098%17963m56%38%-6.3°
15:0097%24135m39%38%-17°
16:0072%24135m39%38%-28°
17:0048%24135m38%38%-39°
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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