What the night sky looks like over Commerce, CA

Commerce reads as inner-city on this dataset's scale. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Commerce's sky is brighter than 99.5% 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 Commerce is from a meaningfully darker sky

2 miles from Commerce, straight-line, sits Bell, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Commerce's own inner-city band.

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

Commerce against the rest of the dataset

About 11,882 people live in Commerce, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Commerce ranks 3,172 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.