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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

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Tomorrow · 02:00–03:00 · 1h window
High confidence
73%
🌛Moon Altitude-37.5°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage6.4%
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Good Dark Skies
Vail
Tomorrow · 03:00–04:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-26.4°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Tomorrow · 09:00–13:00
🌛Moon Altitude:20.8-25.1°
Medium
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Dark Skies
Vail
Tomorrow · 13:00–16:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-1.4-15.1°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Tomorrow · 16:00–17:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-11.3°
Medium
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Dark Skies
Vail
Tomorrow · 17:00–19:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-32.7--21.8°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Tomorrow · 19:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-54.7--43.8°
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
21matching hours in the next 72 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, Feb 13
11:00100%24134m100%16%19°
12:00100%22969m99%16%14°
13:00100%23124m99%16%6.6°
14:00100%21462m98%16%-2°
15:00100%8424m99%16%-12°
16:00100%2718m99%16%-22°
17:00100%466m99%9.3%-33°
18:00100%176m82%9.3%-44°
19:00100%133m66%9.3%-55°
20:00100%169m49%9.3%-65°
21:00100%2342m52%9.3%-74°
22:00100%17864m54%9.3%-76°
23:0095%17177m56%9.3%-70°
Sat, Feb 14
24:0082%21316m38%9.3%-60°
01:0011%24135m19%9.3%-49°
02:006.4%24134m0%9.3%-37°
03:0011%24135m0%9.3%-26°
04:0043%19760m0%9.3%-16°
05:0046%19285m0%9.3%-5.5°
06:0041%17157m0%9.3%3.8°
07:0040%17243m0%9.3%12°
08:0024%21009m0%9.3%19°
09:004.6%24134m0%9.3%23°
10:000%24135m0%9.3%25°
11:000%24134m0%9.3%24°
12:000%24134m0%9.3%21°
13:005%24134m0%9.3%15°
14:005%24134m0%9.3%7.5°
15:005%24134m0%9.3%-1.4°
16:003.4%24134m0%9.3%-11°
17:005%24134m0%4.2%-22°
18:005%24134m0%4.2%-33°
19:004.7%24135m0%4.2%-44°
20:003.4%24134m0%4.2%-55°
21:0077%24135m0%4.2%-65°
22:00100%24135m0%4.2%-72°
23:005%24135m0%4.2%-73°
Sun, Feb 15
24:0014%24135m0%4.2%-66°
01:0043%24134m0%4.2%-56°
02:0048%24135m0%4.2%-45°
03:0032%24134m0%4.2%-34°
04:0010%24134m0%4.2%-23°
05:005%24135m0%4.2%-12°
06:0090%24135m0%4.2%-1.7°
07:0093%24134m0%4.2%7.8°
08:00100%24135m0%4.2%16°
09:0063%24135m0%4.2%23°
10:005%24135m0%4.2%27°
11:0012%24135m0%4.2%29°
12:0060%24134m0%4.2%28°
13:00100%24135m0%4.2%24°
14:0092%24134m0%4.2%17°
15:00100%24135m0%4.2%
16:00100%24135m0%4.2%-0.36°
17:0084%24135m0%1.2%-11°
18:0089%24135m0%1.2%-21°
19:0094%24135m0%1.2%-32°
20:00100%24135m0%1.2%-43°
21:0094%24135m0%1.2%-54°
22:0089%24135m0%1.2%-63°
23:0084%24135m0%1.2%-69°
Mon, Feb 16
24:0062%24135m0%1.2%-68°
01:0040%24135m0%1.2%-61°
02:0018%24135m0%1.2%-52°
03:0033%24135m0%1.2%-41°
04:0049%24135m0%1.2%-29°
05:0064%24135m0%1.2%-18°
06:0071%24135m0%1.2%-7.2°
07:0078%24135m0%1.2%3.3°
08:0085%24135m0%1.2%13°
09:0071%24135m0%1.2%21°
10:0057%24135m0%1.2%28°
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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