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Rule Dark Skies

Ouray - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Ouray, 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)
Ouray
Today · 21:12–04:00 · 7h window
Medium confidence
54%
🌛Moon Altitude-58-5.8°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5-12.4%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Ouray
Fri, Apr 17 · 21:23–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-28.3--4.3°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
12matching 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°
Tue, Apr 7
19:0078%19629m26%66%-71°
20:0090%24134m13%66%-60°
21:0095%24135m0%66%-48°
22:004.7%24134m0%66%-37°
23:005%24134m0%66%-26°
Wed, Apr 8
24:005%24135m0%66%-15°
01:000.4%24135m0%66%-5.3°
02:000%24134m0%66%3.9°
03:000%24135m0%66%12°
04:000.8%24134m0%66%18°
05:000.1%24135m0%66%22°
06:000%24134m0%66%24°
07:000%24134m0%66%23°
08:000%24134m0%66%19°
09:000.1%24135m0%66%13°
10:003.3%24135m0%66%
11:0015%24134m0%66%-4°
12:0041%24135m0%66%-14°
13:0040%24135m0%66%-25°
14:0097%24134m0%66%-36°
15:00100%24134m0%66%-47°
16:00100%24135m0%66%-58°
17:0099%24135m0%66%-69°
18:0069%24135m0%57%-78°
19:0078%24134m0%57%-78°
20:0092%24135m0%57%-69°
21:0012%24135m0%57%-58°
22:005.1%24135m0%57%-47°
23:008.1%24134m0%57%-35°
Thu, Apr 9
24:005.9%24134m0%57%-24°
01:005.6%24134m0%57%-13°
02:005%24135m0%57%-3.4°
03:005.6%24134m0%57%5.8°
04:0049%24135m0%57%14°
05:0095%24135m0%57%20°
06:0064%24135m0%57%24°
07:005%24135m21%57%25°
08:005%24134m43%57%23°
09:005%24135m64%57%19°
10:0098%24134m70%57%13°
11:00100%24134m77%57%4.7°
12:00100%24135m84%57%-4.5°
13:00100%24135m56%57%-15°
14:00100%24134m28%57%-25°
15:00100%24134m0%57%-37°
16:00100%24135m0%57%-48°
17:0098%24134m0%57%-59°
18:0021%24135m0%47%-70°
19:0077%24134m0%47%-77°
20:00100%24134m0%47%-75°
21:00100%24135m0%47%-66°
22:00100%24134m0%47%-55°
23:00100%24134m0%47%-44°
Fri, Apr 10
24:00100%24135m0%47%-32°
01:0095%24134m0%47%-21°
02:0099%24134m0%47%-10°
03:00100%24135m0%47%-0.36°
04:00100%24135m13%47%8.8°
05:00100%24134m26%47%17°
06:00100%24134m39%47%23°
07:00100%24134m42%47%26°
08:00100%24134m46%47%27°
09:00100%24134m49%47%25°
10:00100%24134m52%47%21°
11:00100%24135m55%47%14°
12:00100%24135m57%47%5.2°
13:00100%24135m66%47%-4.4°
14:00100%24134m75%47%-15°
15:00100%24135m84%47%-26°
16:00100%24134m86%47%-37°
17:00100%24135m88%47%-48°
18:00100%24134m91%38%-59°
19:00100%24134m82%38%-69°
20:00100%24134m73%38%-75°
21:00100%24135m64%38%-72°
22:00100%24135m70%38%-63°
23:00100%24135m75%38%-52°
Sat, Apr 11
24:00100%24135m80%38%-40°
01:00100%19988m66%38%-29°
02:00100%15842m52%38%-17°
03:00100%11695m37%38%-6.5°
04:0092%13900m54%38%3.8°
05:0083%16105m70%38%13°
06:0075%18310m87%38%21°
07:0077%17229m91%38%27°
08:0079%16148m96%38%30°
09:0081%15067m100%38%31°
10:0065%11763m100%38%28°
11:0050%8459m100%38%23°
12:0035%5155m100%38%15°
13:0025%11482m94%38%6.2°
14:0015%17808m87%38%-3.9°
15:005.6%24135m81%38%-15°
16:0028%23210m82%38%-26°
17:0050%22284m83%38%-37°
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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