What the night sky looks like over Cedarburg, WI

Satellite radiance puts Cedarburg in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 44.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Cedarburg.

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 Cedarburg is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Mequon, WI, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Cedarburg against the rest of the dataset

Cedarburg, WI counts roughly 13,011 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cedarburg ranks 1,415 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.