Newman, CA Night Sky Brightness
Newman, CA's night sky, measured from orbit
Newman's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Newman's sky is brighter than 58.1% 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.
The nearest darker sky to Newman
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Atwater, CA, roughly 23 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Atwater, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Newman compares nationally
About 12,292 people live in Newman, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Newman's position, 1,855 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.