What the night sky looks like over Moody, AL

Moody reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 4.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Moody

22 miles from Moody, straight-line, sits Chelsea, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Moody's own rural band.

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

Moody against the rest of the dataset

Moody, AL has a population of about 13,596, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Moody ranks 131 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.