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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

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Good Dark Skies
Ouray
Tomorrow · 05:00–05:06 · 1h window
Medium confidence
55%
🌛Moon Altitude9.1°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage15.6%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Ouray
Wed, Apr 15 · 02:00–04:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-37.2--27.1°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Ouray
Wed, Apr 15 · 21:20–22:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-30.2°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Ouray
Sat, Apr 18 · 03:00–04:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-30.4°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 86 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°
Fri, Apr 10
22:00100%24135m13%38%-63°
23:0097%24134m26%38%-52°
Sat, Apr 11
24:0092%24134m39%38%-40°
01:00100%24134m39%38%-29°
02:0089%24134m43%38%-17°
03:00100%6537m39%38%-6.5°
04:005.2%24135m53%38%3.8°
05:0017%24135m67%38%13°
06:0012%24134m82%38%21°
07:005%24134m95%38%27°
08:005%24135m98%38%30°
09:005%24135m100%38%31°
10:0044%24135m100%38%28°
11:00100%23072m100%38%23°
12:00100%21750m100%38%15°
13:00100%13605m97%38%6.2°
14:0068%13758m93%38%-3.9°
15:00100%1420m90%38%-15°
16:006.7%17188m93%38%-26°
17:0098%9067m96%38%-37°
18:005.1%24134m99%29%-48°
19:0077%13417m83%29%-59°
20:0097%22089m68%29%-67°
21:0080%24135m53%29%-71°
22:0081%21814m52%29%-66°
23:0049%21457m52%29%-58°
Sun, Apr 12
24:0024%24053m51%29%-47°
01:0061%24135m34%29%-35°
02:0061%24135m17%29%-24°
03:0060%24015m0%29%-12°
04:0019%11761m0%29%-1.3°
05:0016%21374m0%29%9.1°
06:005.4%24135m0%29%19°
07:002.7%24135m13%29%27°
08:0044%24135m26%29%33°
09:0027%24135m39%29%36°
10:000.7%24135m39%29%35°
11:005.8%24134m39%29%32°
12:0013%24134m39%29%25°
13:008.4%24134m26%29%17°
14:0011%24135m13%29%7.4°
15:0084%24135m0%29%-3.1°
16:0081%24135m7.4%29%-14°
17:00100%24135m15%29%-25°
18:00100%24135m22%20%-37°
19:0095%24135m22%20%-47°
20:00100%24135m22%20%-57°
21:00100%24135m22%20%-64°
22:0099%24134m28%20%-65°
23:0091%24134m33%20%-60°
Mon, Apr 13
24:0092%24135m39%20%-51°
01:0080%24135m33%20%-41°
02:0016%22946m28%20%-30°
03:0034%22645m22%20%-18°
04:00100%10618m36%20%-6.5°
05:0072%10497m50%20%4.8°
06:0030%5147m64%20%15°
07:0016%10838m61%20%25°
08:0019%7794m59%20%33°
09:0024%13696m56%20%39°
10:0020%21585m65%20%41°
11:0019%21743m74%20%40°
12:0023%21827m83%20%36°
13:0065%24050m83%20%28°
14:0097%23960m82%20%19°
15:00100%22144m82%20%8.9°
16:00100%21607m87%20%-2°
17:0093%21738m92%20%-13°
18:0033%24134m97%12%-25°
19:0056%16580m96%12%-35°
20:0078%9026m95%12%-46°
21:00100%1472m95%12%-54°
22:00100%1013m96%12%-59°
23:00100%554m98%12%-58°
Tue, Apr 14
24:00100%95m99%12%-53°
01:0078%7950m85%12%-45°
02:0057%15804m70%12%-34°
03:0035%23659m56%12%-23°
04:0057%17172m66%12%-11°
05:0078%10685m75%12%0.1°
06:00100%4197m85%12%11°
07:00100%3256m89%12%22°
08:00100%2315m93%12%32°
09:00100%1373m97%12%40°
10:00100%992m97%12%46°
11:00100%610m96%12%48°
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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