Wayne, MI Night Sky Brightness
Wayne, MI's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Wayne in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 84.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wayne.
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.
How far Wayne is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Romulus, MI, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Romulus, MI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Wayne compares nationally
About 17,129 people live in Wayne, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Wayne's position, 2,700 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.