Pascagoula, MS's night sky, measured from orbit

Pascagoula 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 80.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Pascagoula.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Pascagoula is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Pascagoula, straight-line, sits Moss Point, MS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pascagoula's own suburban band.

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

How Pascagoula compares nationally

About 21,476 people live in Pascagoula, MS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Pascagoula places 2,561 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.