What the night sky looks like over Wilmington, DE

Wilmington reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 89.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wilmington.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Wilmington

Newark, DE, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Wilmington. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Wilmington against the rest of the dataset

About 73,176 people live in Wilmington, DE, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wilmington ranks 2,862 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.