✦ SkyMap

Light pollution across the USA + what's in the sky for the next 3 months.

Map key — sky darkness

PristineRuralSuburbsCity core

Green or darker is worth the drive: the Milky Way is plainly visible. Yellow is decent for meteors; orange/red drown out all but the brightest objects. Odd but true: past pink, the two brightest downtown steps are grey, then white — that's the atlas's official scale.

Next 3 months in the sky

Light pollution overlay: 2025 world atlas by David J. Lorenz (NOAA VIIRS satellite data). Use the layers button on the map to switch base maps, and the slider to fade the overlay. Event list hand-verified through Dec 2027; moon phases are computed live.