What the night sky looks like over Cocoa, FL

Cocoa reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Cocoa's sky is brighter than 15.4% 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 Cocoa is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Cocoa Beach, FL, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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.

Cocoa against the rest of the dataset

About 19,909 people live in Cocoa, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cocoa ranks 493 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.