Webb City, MO Night Sky Brightness
Webb City, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Webb City's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Webb City's sky is brighter than 53.6% 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 Webb City
8 miles from Webb City, straight-line, sits Carthage, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Webb City's own suburban band.
Carthage, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Webb City compares nationally
About 13,391 people live in Webb City, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Webb City's position, 1,711 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.