What the night sky looks like over Willoughby, OH

Satellite radiance puts Willoughby in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 58.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Willoughby is from a meaningfully darker sky

Eastlake, OH, about 1 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Willoughby. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Willoughby against the rest of the dataset

Willoughby, OH has a population of about 24,208, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Willoughby ranks 1,879 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.