DarkSkyCheck

Livonia, MI: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Livonia in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 68.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Livonia.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Livonia

6 miles from Livonia, straight-line, sits Farmington Hills, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Livonia's own suburban band.

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

How Livonia compares nationally

Livonia, MI counts roughly 93,113 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Livonia places 2,183 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.