How dark is the sky in Scranton, PA?

Satellite radiance puts Scranton in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 87.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Scranton

3 miles from Scranton, straight-line, sits Dunmore, PA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Scranton's own urban band.

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

Scranton against the rest of the dataset

Scranton, PA counts roughly 75,905 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Scranton ranks 2,783 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.