Manchester, MO Night Sky Brightness
Manchester, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Manchester 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. Manchester's sky is brighter than 23.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Manchester is from a meaningfully darker sky
9 miles from Manchester, straight-line, sits Wildwood, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Manchester's own suburban edge band.
Wildwood, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Manchester compares nationally
Manchester, MO has a population of about 18,122, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Manchester's position, 746 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.