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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
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Tomorrow · 02:00–03:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
60%
🌛Moon Altitude7.3°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Vail
Thu, May 28 · 03:00–03:46
🌛Moon Altitude:7.9°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 79 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°
Sat, May 23
23:0099%24135m1.6%61%36°
Sun, May 24
24:0098%24134m0%61%26°
01:0021%24134m0%61%14°
02:004.4%24134m0%61%3.1°
03:005%24134m0%61%-8.1°
04:005%24135m0%61%-19°
05:005%24134m0%61%-29°
06:003.3%24135m0%61%-37°
07:002.1%24135m0%61%-43°
08:0016%24135m0%61%-46°
09:00100%24134m0%61%-45°
10:0092%24134m0%61%-40°
11:0087%24134m0%61%-32°
12:0095%24134m0%61%-23°
13:0084%24135m18%61%-13°
14:0057%24134m36%61%-1.8°
15:0088%24135m53%61%9.2°
16:0038%24134m54%61%20°
17:0020%24135m55%61%30°
18:0014%24135m56%71%40°
19:0017%24135m38%71%47°
20:0018%24135m19%71%51°
21:0068%24135m0%71%51°
22:0094%24134m0%71%46°
23:0044%24134m0%71%39°
Mon, May 25
24:005%24134m0%71%29°
01:005%24135m0%71%18°
02:005%24134m0%71%7.3°
03:0037%24135m0%71%-4.1°
04:005%24135m0%71%-15°
05:005%24134m0%71%-26°
06:005%24135m0%71%-36°
07:005%24134m15%71%-45°
08:0083%24134m29%71%-51°
09:0012%24134m44%71%-52°
10:0087%24134m60%71%-50°
11:0054%24135m77%71%-43°
12:00100%24134m94%71%-34°
13:00100%24135m91%71%-24°
14:0088%24134m89%71%-14°
15:00100%22829m87%71%-2.5°
16:00100%24134m88%71%8.5°
17:00100%20797m90%71%19°
18:00100%12102m91%80%29°
19:00100%24134m77%80%37°
20:00100%24135m64%80%43°
21:00100%24134m50%80%45°
22:00100%24134m42%80%44°
23:00100%24134m34%80%39°
Tue, May 26
24:00100%24135m26%80%31°
01:0098%24134m34%80%22°
02:0099%24135m42%80%11°
03:00100%24134m50%80%-0.04°
04:0099%24135m63%80%-11°
05:00100%24134m77%80%-23°
06:00100%24134m90%80%-34°
07:00100%24134m93%80%-44°
08:00100%24135m97%80%-52°
09:00100%24135m100%80%-57°
10:00100%20732m100%80%-58°
11:00100%11710m100%80%-53°
12:00100%24134m100%80%-45°
13:00100%24134m97%80%-36°
14:00100%24135m95%80%-25°
15:00100%24135m92%80%-14°
16:00100%24135m91%80%-2.9°
17:00100%24135m90%80%7.8°
18:00100%24135m88%87%18°
19:00100%24135m80%87%27°
20:00100%24135m73%87%34°
21:00100%24135m65%87%38°
22:0081%24135m49%87%39°
23:0062%24135m33%87%37°
Wed, May 27
24:0044%24135m17%87%32°
01:0036%24135m15%87%24°
02:0029%24135m12%87%14°
03:0022%24135m10%87%
04:0046%24135m23%87%-7°
05:0071%24135m37%87%-18°
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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