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24.045° N   78.961° E  ·  475 M
48 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 2 hours gap from 00:30.
BEST WINDOW 00:30–02:30 · ASTRO DARK 22:30–04:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.23
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
47%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Banda. Colour encodes the score and nothing else; every other measurement is luminance.

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
48
34
46
38
21
13
25
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
0%
2%
4%
6%
26%
59%
15%
18%
Mid cloud
12%
2%
8%
4%
12%
2%
0%
0%
High cloud
40%
85%
44%
70%
95%
95%
99%
99%
Transparency
0.23
0.22
0.20
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
Seeing
0.96
0.92
1.00
0.97
0.96
0.95
0.95
0.96
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
Inspect

Cloud tracks show clear sky — a longer bar is better. The figure inside each track is the raw measurement.

Why this hour scored what it did
22 Fair · 48/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−30
Transparency
−22
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
48
CLOUD 47% LOW 0% MID 12% HIGH 40% SUN -42.7° MOON -41.2° / 0% WIND 2 TEMP 26°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.

What are you doing tonight?

The same forecast, weighted for the target. Planetary work barely cares about moonlight; long exposures die on high cloud a visual observer would never notice.

SET UP 00:00 · OBSERVE 00:30–02:30 · 2H · MEAN 40

Darkness and moonlight dominate. Faint fuzzies need a genuinely dark sky more than they need steady air.

22000204
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 00:30CLOUD RETURNS 02:30
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–02:30 · 4H · MEAN 50

Seeing is everything and moonlight is irrelevant. Bright targets punch through twilight, so darkness barely counts.

22000204
CLOUD RETURNS 02:30MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 39

Tolerates soft seeing, but high cloud wrecks a wide frame and moonlight raises the background everywhere.

22000204
CLOUD RETURNS 23:30
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Needs conditions to hold still for hours. Sustained transparency matters more than any single good hour.

22000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 47%
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 46

Naked eye, whole sky. Total cloud and moonlight are the only things that count.

22000204
CLOUD RETURNS 23:30
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
48
Fair
MOON 0%
00:30–02:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
28
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
27
Poor
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Banda, India are computed from the MET Norway forecast model for these exact coordinates, combined with sun and moon positions we calculate directly. The score weighs cloud cover by layer, atmospheric transparency, estimated seeing, moonlight and how dark the sky actually gets. Read the full method →