What the night sky looks like over Long Branch, NJ

Long Branch reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 81.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Long Branch.

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 Long Branch is from a meaningfully darker sky

6 miles from Long Branch, straight-line, sits Tinton Falls, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Long Branch's own suburban band.

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

Long Branch against the rest of the dataset

Long Branch, NJ counts roughly 33,214 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Long Branch ranks 2,593 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.