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.

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 places 2,700 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.