What the night sky looks like over East Moline, IL

East Moline 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. That's brighter than 17.8% of the 3,206 US 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 East Moline

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Clinton, IA, roughly 24 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

East Moline against the rest of the dataset

East Moline, IL counts roughly 20,995 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, East Moline ranks 569 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.