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Rule Dark Skies

Steamboat Springs - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Tomorrow · 24:00–04:56 · 5h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌛Moon Altitude-45.5--1.6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0.8-3.3%
starry-night weather icon
Good Dark Skies
Steamboat Springs
Sat, Apr 18 · 02:00–04:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-30.4--27.9°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 85 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
23:00100%24134m0%38%-50°
Sat, Apr 11
24:00100%24134m0%38%-39°
01:00100%24134m0%38%-28°
02:0096%24134m0%38%-17°
03:0084%24134m0%38%-6.8°
04:0082%24135m0%38%3.1°
05:005%24135m0%38%12°
06:005%24134m0%38%19°
07:0072%24134m58%38%25°
08:0077%24135m77%38%28°
09:0016%24135m95%38%28°
10:005.2%24135m97%38%26°
11:0099%24135m98%38%20°
12:00100%24135m100%38%13°
13:00100%23871m92%38%4.3°
14:00100%24134m84%38%-5.4°
15:00100%4751m77%38%-16°
16:00100%20182m79%38%-27°
17:0020%23577m80%38%-38°
18:0043%24134m82%29%-48°
19:004.3%24135m55%29%-58°
20:0091%24135m27%29%-66°
21:0087%24135m0%29%-68°
22:0034%24134m0%29%-64°
23:0053%24135m0%29%-56°
Sun, Apr 12
24:001%24134m0%29%-45°
01:003.3%24135m0%29%-35°
02:000.8%24135m0%29%-23°
03:002.9%24134m0%29%-12°
04:003.1%24135m0%29%-1.6°
05:003.1%24135m0%29%8.4°
06:003.2%24135m0%29%17°
07:003.7%24135m0%29%25°
08:000.7%24135m0%29%30°
09:005%24135m0%29%33°
10:00100%24135m0%29%33°
11:0027%24134m0%29%29°
12:00100%24134m0%29%23°
13:008.5%24134m0%29%15°
14:0098%24135m0%29%5.8°
15:00100%24135m0%29%-4.4°
16:00100%24135m0%29%-15°
17:00100%24135m0%29%-26°
18:00100%24135m0%20%-37°
19:0098%24135m0%20%-47°
20:0098%24135m0%20%-56°
21:0043%24135m0%20%-62°
22:0098%24134m15%20%-63°
23:00100%24134m31%20%-58°
Mon, Apr 13
24:0083%24135m46%20%-50°
01:0080%24135m47%20%-39°
02:0016%24134m49%20%-29°
03:006.5%24135m50%20%-17°
04:005.6%24134m55%20%-6.3°
05:005.7%24135m59%20%4.6°
06:004.7%24135m64%20%15°
07:0014%24135m63%20%24°
08:0098%24135m62%20%32°
09:00100%18503m62%20%37°
10:00100%214m65%20%39°
11:0099%353m68%20%38°
12:0099%18498m71%20%33°
13:00100%2241m70%20%26°
14:00100%1875m69%20%17°
15:00100%18263m69%20%7.5°
16:0078%3289m69%20%-3.1°
17:0059%19980m70%20%-14°
18:0076%23028m71%12%-25°
19:0084%23397m68%12%-35°
20:0092%23766m65%12%-45°
21:00100%24135m62%12%-52°
22:00100%16282m68%12%-56°
23:00100%8429m73%12%-56°
Tue, Apr 14
24:00100%576m79%12%-51°
01:00100%1004m75%12%-43°
02:00100%1431m71%12%-33°
03:00100%1858m66%12%-22°
04:00100%2016m69%12%-11°
05:00100%2173m72%12%0.42°
06:00100%2330m75%12%11°
07:00100%9599m73%12%22°
08:00100%16867m71%12%31°
09:00100%24135m69%12%39°
10:00100%24135m73%12%44°
11:0099%24135m76%12%45°
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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