Monday 2026-11-02

Devils Tower National Monument

Crook County, WY

39 Poor conditions. Moon up after 12:27am, 97% cloud.

Astronomical darkness 6:27pm–5:01am (10.57h)

Milky Way core only reaches 2°, low enough that haze takes most of it.

Why

Cloud	0	97% cloud, mostly high cirrus, thin to the eye but ruinous for photography
Moon	88	last quarter at 35%, rises 12:27am, dark before that
Darkness	100	10h34m of astronomical darkness, 6:27pm–5:01am
Transparency	0	Dewpoint spread 0.8°C, fog or heavy haze likely
Targets	0	Orionids running, about 0 an hour at best