What the night sky looks like over Cape Canaveral, FL

Satellite radiance puts Cape Canaveral in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Cape Canaveral's sky is brighter than 76% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Cape Canaveral

5 miles from Cape Canaveral, straight-line, sits Cocoa Beach, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cape Canaveral's own suburban band.

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

Cape Canaveral against the rest of the dataset

Cape Canaveral, FL has a population of about 10,014, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cape Canaveral ranks 2,423 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.