Moberly, MO: how dark is the sky here?

Moberly's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Moberly's sky is brighter than 48.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Moberly

Mexico, MO, about 35 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Moberly. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Mexico, 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 Moberly compares nationally

Moberly, MO has a population of about 13,337, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Moberly places 1,549 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.