Mooresville, IN: how dark is the sky here?

Mooresville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 61.5% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Mooresville is from a meaningfully darker sky

10 miles from Mooresville, straight-line, sits Bargersville, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Mooresville's own suburban band.

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

How Mooresville compares nationally

About 10,027 people live in Mooresville, IN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Mooresville places 1,964 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.