Lovington, NM Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Lovington, NM?
Lovington's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 93.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lovington.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Lovington
18 miles from Lovington, straight-line, sits Hobbs, NM, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lovington's own urban band.
Hobbs, NM is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Lovington against the rest of the dataset
Lovington, NM counts roughly 11,693 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Lovington comes in at 2,976, darkest to brightest.