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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
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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Estes Park
Wed, May 20 · 03:00–03:47 · 1h window
Medium confidence
43%
🌛Moon Altitude-20.4°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage1.4%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 86 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°
Thu, May 14
22:0097%24135m0%2.9%-31°
23:0099%24134m0%2.9%-34°
Fri, May 15
24:0099%24135m0%2.9%-33°
01:0028%24134m0%2.9%-29°
02:0025%24134m0%2.9%-23°
03:000.7%24134m0%2.9%-15°
04:000%24135m0%2.9%-5.5°
05:000%24134m0%2.9%4.7°
06:000%24135m0%2.9%16°
07:000%24134m0%2.9%27°
08:000%24135m0%2.9%38°
09:000%24134m0%2.9%49°
10:000%24134m0%2.9%58°
11:000%24135m0%2.9%66°
12:004.4%24134m0%2.9%68°
13:0075%24134m4%2.9%64°
14:0094%24134m8%2.9%56°
15:0093%24134m12%2.9%46°
16:0060%24134m21%2.9%35°
17:0060%24134m30%2.9%24°
18:0097%24134m39%0.2%14°
19:0092%24134m33%0.2%3.6°
20:0089%24134m28%0.2%-5.9°
21:0093%24134m22%0.2%-14°
22:00100%24135m22%0.2%-21°
23:0099%24135m22%0.2%-26°
Sat, May 16
24:0025%24135m22%0.2%-28°
01:00100%24135m21%0.2%-27°
02:0068%24135m21%0.2%-24°
03:0087%24134m20%0.2%-18°
04:0033%24134m47%0.2%-10°
05:002.6%24135m73%0.2%-1.4°
06:00100%22688m100%0.2%8.5°
07:0021%24135m77%0.2%19°
08:001.2%24134m55%0.2%30°
09:003.8%24135m32%0.2%41°
10:00100%24135m36%0.2%52°
11:00100%20587m39%0.2%62°
12:00100%24135m42%0.2%70°
13:0077%24134m46%0.2%73°
14:0085%24134m49%0.2%68°
15:0087%24134m52%0.2%59°
16:0061%24134m59%0.2%49°
17:0046%24135m65%0.2%38°
18:0066%24135m71%0.5%27°
19:0093%24135m55%0.5%17°
20:0097%24135m40%0.5%6.8°
21:0085%24134m24%0.5%-2.4°
22:0024%24134m31%0.5%-10°
23:0032%24135m39%0.5%-17°
Sun, May 17
24:004.5%24135m46%0.5%-22°
01:004.3%24134m46%0.5%-24°
02:001.8%24135m46%0.5%-23°
03:005%24135m46%0.5%-20°
04:0085%24134m57%0.5%-15°
05:007.1%24134m68%0.5%-7.7°
06:005.4%18306m79%0.5%0.77°
07:0022%24134m82%0.5%10°
08:0020%20515m84%0.5%20°
09:0053%1221m87%0.5%31°
10:00100%937m91%0.5%42°
11:00100%4910m94%0.5%53°
12:00100%2467m98%0.5%64°
13:00100%5525m90%0.5%73°
14:0089%22663m82%0.5%77°
15:0074%5571m74%0.5%72°
16:00100%339m80%0.5%62°
17:00100%42m86%0.5%51°
18:00100%85m92%3.8%41°
19:00100%66m79%3.8%30°
20:00100%46m66%3.8%19°
21:00100%27m53%3.8%9.5°
22:00100%35m64%3.8%0.35°
23:00100%44m76%3.8%-7.7°
Mon, May 18
24:00100%52m87%3.8%-14°
01:00100%69m89%3.8%-19°
02:00100%86m91%3.8%-22°
03:00100%102m93%3.8%-21°
04:00100%124m95%3.8%-19°
05:00100%146m96%3.8%-14°
06:00100%167m97%3.8%-7.2°
07:00100%161m95%3.8%
08:00100%155m92%3.8%10°
09:00100%148m90%3.8%20°
10:00100%158m91%3.8%31°
11:00100%168m92%3.8%41°
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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