What the night sky looks like over Biloxi, MS

Satellite radiance puts Biloxi in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Biloxi's sky is brighter than 14% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Biloxi is from a meaningfully darker sky

Moss Point, MS, about 24 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Biloxi. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Moss Point, MS is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Biloxi against the rest of the dataset

About 48,144 people live in Biloxi, MS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Biloxi ranks 446 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.