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Rule Dark Skies

Vail - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Edwards, 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
Vail
Tomorrow · 24:00–02:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
48%
🌛Moon Altitude-23.8--13.3°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage12.6-17.8%
starry-night weather icon
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Sat, Apr 11 · 21:15–22:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-69°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching 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
19:0040%24135m26%66%-69°
20:0027%24134m13%66%-59°
21:0080%24135m0%66%-48°
22:00100%24134m0%66%-37°
23:0087%24134m0%66%-26°
Wed, Apr 8
24:0051%24135m0%66%-15°
01:0099%24135m0%66%-5.4°
02:00100%24134m0%66%3.4°
03:0034%24135m0%66%11°
04:004.5%24134m0%66%17°
05:000.9%24135m0%66%21°
06:005%24134m0%66%22°
07:005%24135m0%66%21°
08:004.9%24134m0%66%17°
09:003.2%24135m0%66%11°
10:003.4%24135m0%66%3.3°
11:004.4%24134m0%66%-5.6°
12:0082%24135m0%66%-15°
13:0091%24135m7.4%66%-26°
14:00100%24134m15%66%-37°
15:00100%24134m22%66%-48°
16:00100%24135m22%66%-59°
17:0099%24135m22%66%-69°
18:0098%24135m22%57%-77°
19:00100%24134m15%57%-76°
20:0083%24135m7.4%57%-68°
21:0030%23497m0%57%-57°
22:0077%24135m0%57%-46°
23:0083%21597m0%57%-35°
Thu, Apr 9
24:0018%23666m0%57%-24°
01:0013%24134m0%57%-13°
02:0092%24135m0%57%-3.5°
03:0088%24134m0%57%5.3°
04:005.8%24135m0%57%13°
05:0016%24135m0%57%19°
06:005%24135m0%57%22°
07:0078%24135m13%57%23°
08:004.3%24134m26%57%22°
09:005%24135m39%57%17°
10:005%24134m33%57%11°
11:0022%24134m28%57%3.1°
12:0092%24135m22%57%-6.1°
13:0088%24135m28%57%-16°
14:00100%24134m33%57%-27°
15:00100%24134m39%57%-38°
16:00100%24135m33%57%-49°
17:00100%24134m28%57%-60°
18:0099%24135m22%47%-70°
19:0096%24134m15%47%-76°
20:00100%16004m7.4%47%-74°
21:00100%24135m0%47%-65°
22:00100%24134m0%47%-54°
23:00100%24134m0%47%-43°
Fri, Apr 10
24:00100%24135m0%47%-32°
01:00100%24134m0%47%-21°
02:00100%24134m0%47%-10°
03:00100%24135m0%47%-0.53°
04:00100%24135m0%47%8.4°
05:0082%24134m0%47%16°
06:0060%24134m0%47%22°
07:00100%24134m7.4%47%25°
08:00100%24134m15%47%26°
09:00100%24134m22%47%23°
10:00100%24134m35%47%19°
11:00100%24135m48%47%12°
12:00100%24135m61%47%3.6°
13:00100%24135m53%47%-5.9°
14:00100%24134m45%47%-16°
15:00100%24135m37%47%-27°
16:00100%23952m43%47%-38°
17:00100%22760m49%47%-49°
18:00100%24134m54%38%-60°
19:00100%24134m52%38%-69°
20:00100%24134m49%38%-73°
21:00100%24135m46%38%-70°
22:00100%24135m48%38%-61°
23:00100%24135m50%38%-50°
Sat, Apr 11
24:0099%24135m52%38%-39°
01:0099%24135m48%38%-28°
02:0099%24135m44%38%-17°
03:0099%24135m39%38%-6.3°
04:00100%18001m45%38%3.7°
05:00100%11868m51%38%13°
06:00100%5734m56%38%20°
07:0099%9922m70%38%26°
08:0097%14110m83%38%29°
09:0096%18298m97%38%29°
10:0096%14143m98%38%26°
11:0095%9989m99%38%21°
12:0095%5835m100%38%13°
13:0081%9610m91%38%4.6°
14:0067%13386m82%38%-5.3°
15:0053%17162m73%38%-16°
16:0045%19486m73%38%-27°
17:0037%21811m73%38%-38°
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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