Moscow, ID Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Moscow, ID
Moscow reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 78.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Moscow.
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 - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Moscow
69 miles from Moscow, straight-line, sits Post Falls, ID, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Moscow's own suburban band.
Post Falls, ID is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Moscow against the rest of the dataset
Moscow, ID has a population of about 26,894, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Moscow ranks 2,511 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.