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Tonight · Sat, 10 October 2026

Farmington stargazing forecast tonight

Hourly clear-sky conditions for observing: cloud by layer, transparency, estimated seeing, moonlight and true astronomical darkness.

36.728°N 108.219°W ·1614 m ·New Mexico, United States

NearbyDurangoChaco Culture National Historical ParkGallupNatural Bridges National MonumentMore nearby
49
/100
Fair conditions
at peak

Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 05:00.

Site darkness · peer measure
Brightened skyNot multiplied into the conditions score
20.2–20.7 mag/arcsec²

The score describes tonight’s conditions. Site darkness helps you choose what to observe.

See target outlook ↓Planet observing times →
Best months at Farmington, New Mexico →Moonless nights →
Tonight in context · local sky & season

October historically: 17.1 qualifying nights/month on average (2005–2024). Regional cloud and darkness history, not tonight’s probability or a comparison with the conditions score.

A qualifying historical night has at least 3 hours of astronomical darkness and mean nighttime cloud ≤30%. This does not measure steady air or target visibility. Seasonal history →

Saturn: about 9.0h above 20° during this observing night’s darkness. Longest sampled dark-time opportunity among our four planet targets; not a weather ranking. Planet times →

Position calculations use roughly 20-minute samples. Clouds, skyglow and local obstructions still matter. Milky Way timing →

Best window
05:00 – 06:00
Window quality
49 / 100 avg
Astronomical dark
21:00 – 06:00
Moon
New moon, 1%
Transparency at peak
0.26
Seeing at peak (est.)
0.65
Visual limit (modelled)
4.5–6.0 mag
Tonight's limiting factor
Transparency

Transparency 0.26 — haze and water vapour will cost you the faintest targets. What this means →

Also limiting: Thin high cloud. See the guide →

The night, hour by hour

Colour = score · Luminance = everything else
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
10
4
10
15
7
5
8
41
31
49
46
Score
BEST WINDOW · 2 H
Low cloud
0%
0%
1%
2%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Mid cloud
38%
68%
94%
77%
63%
87%
99%
92%
36%
23%
8%
15%
4%
High cloud
95%
98%
98%
95%
89%
78%
67%
48%
18%
73%
31%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.86
0.36
0.18
0.40
0.40
0.12
0.50
0.14
0.35
0.29
0.26
0.24
0.26
Seeing
0.54
0.54
0.55
0.64
0.66
0.63
0.72
0.75
0.68
0.61
0.65
0.58
0.52
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
Inspect

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

Score inspectorWhy this hour scored what it did Open peakClose
05 Fair · 49/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−24
Transparency
−22
Seeing
−5
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
49
CLOUD 37% LOW 1% MID 8% HIGH 31% SUN -28.0° MOON -39.9° / 1% WIND 6 TEMP 13°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.

What can you actually do tonight?

This is GoodSeeing’s decision layer: the same forecast is weighted for your target and site darkness. Planetary work barely cares about moonlight; long exposures can fail on high cloud a visual observer would barely notice. Your choice is remembered on this device and becomes the default for new alert rules.

NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

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SITE GLOW LIMITS THIS TARGET
SET UP 04:30 · OBSERVE 05:00–07:00 · 2H · MEAN 55

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 05:00TWILIGHT BEGINS 07:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

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SITE GLOW LIMITS THIS TARGET

Deep-sky visual is your current default.

A darker option

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

78 km away · Natural-dark sky · 21.8–21.8 mag/arcsec²

72conditions tonight
See the trade-off →

The next week of nights

Tonight · 10 Oct
49
Fair
MOON 1%
05:00–06:00
Tomorrow · 11 Oct
77
Excellent
MOON 3%
20:00–07:00
Monday · 12 Oct
83
Excellent
MOON 7%
20:00–01:00
Tuesday · 13 Oct
55
Good
MOON 13%
00:00–01:00
Wednesday · 14 Oct
67
Good
MOON 21%
00:00–01:00
Thursday · 15 Oct
32
Poor

Cloud or fog is the strongest score limit at the best sampled time.

MOON 29%
Friday · 16 Oct
1
Not worth it

Cloud or fog is the strongest score limit at the best sampled time.

MOON 37%

Open a night for its forecast times. Later forecasts may have wider time steps; missing hours are not interpolated.

Tonight · 10 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
10
4
10
15
7
5
8
41
31
49
46
Score
Low cloud
0%
0%
1%
2%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Mid cloud
38%
68%
94%
77%
63%
87%
99%
92%
36%
23%
8%
15%
4%
High cloud
95%
98%
98%
95%
89%
78%
67%
48%
18%
73%
31%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.86
0.36
0.18
0.40
0.40
0.12
0.50
0.14
0.35
0.29
0.26
0.24
0.26
Seeing
0.54
0.54
0.55
0.64
0.66
0.63
0.72
0.75
0.68
0.61
0.65
0.58
0.52
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07

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

Tomorrow · 11 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
68
77
75
77
76
75
73
70
68
67
55
Score
Low cloud
1%
1%
3%
2%
2%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
4%
18%
Mid cloud
6%
5%
2%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
2%
13%
High cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.99
0.92
0.85
0.75
0.69
0.59
0.49
0.41
0.35
0.29
0.27
0.25
0.10
Seeing
0.43
0.43
0.44
0.53
0.62
0.67
0.77
0.80
0.83
0.83
0.82
0.86
0.97
Moon clear
3%
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07

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

Monday · 12 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
64
77
64
83
74
57
Score
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
4%
7%
14%
Mid cloud
27%
8%
17%
32%
2%
5%
2%
34%
High cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.67
0.54
0.87
0.81
0.68
0.58
0.34
0.93
Seeing
0.83
0.80
0.84
0.87
0.87
0.86
0.88
0.73
Moon clear
7%
down
down
down
down
down
down
10%
19
20
21
22
23
00
06
12

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

Tuesday · 13 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
55
36
Score
Low cloud
0%
7%
23%
70%
Mid cloud
20%
20%
21%
36%
High cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
1.00
0.31
0.13
0.39
Seeing
0.83
1.00
1.00
1.00
Moon clear
12%
down
down
17%
18
00
06
12

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

Wednesday · 14 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
67
58
Score
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
Mid cloud
3%
0%
0%
0%
High cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.62
0.18
0.10
0.76
Seeing
0.90
1.00
1.00
1.00
Moon clear
19%
down
down
down
18
00
06
12

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

Thursday · 15 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
32
4
Score
Low cloud
0%
23%
91%
31%
Mid cloud
0%
46%
12%
52%
High cloud
0%
0%
27%
51%
Transparency
0.92
0.29
0.10
0.54
Seeing
0.99
1.00
0.94
0.89
Moon clear
27%
down
down
down
18
00
06
12

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

Friday · 16 Oct · forecast times
Sky state
Shaded = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
1
Score
Low cloud
98%
98%
48%
23%
Mid cloud
92%
83%
100%
22%
High cloud
98%
84%
100%
0%
Transparency
0.10
0.10
0.14
0.63
Seeing
1.00
0.93
0.86
1.00
Moon clear
35%
down
down
down
18
00
06
12

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

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About this forecast

Exact-coordinate weather, sky geometry and site context.

Full method →20-year baseline →
Sources and scoring details openclose

Conditions for Farmington, New Mexico, United States 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 astronomical twilight. Site darkness is shown separately, then used only where artificial skyglow physically changes moon contrast, haze scattering, visual limits and target suitability.