An accurate light pollution map with more than 100 other astronomy tools.
4.66·6,910 reviews·500,000+ downloads
About Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky
Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky is an education app developed by Dunbar Technology, LLC.
How many times has Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky been downloaded?
Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky has been downloaded 610 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 4.8 thousand times.
What is the rating of Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky?
Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky is rated 4.66 out of 5 stars, based on 6.9 thousand ratings.
Is Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky free?
Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky is free to download. The APK download size is 16.16 MB. The latest version available is 5.5.2. The last update was on July 15, 2026.
What are the requirements for Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2015.
Description
Light Pollution Map allows you to easily locate dark sites where the sky will not be affected by light pollution, allowing the best observance, star gazing, and photography of the night sky! But it's not just a light pollution map. There's many more features and tools for the hardcore astronomer. You'll soon realize Light Pollution Map is the only app you need to master the night. Scroll down and read to see the most important features:
Light Pollution Map Integrated Light Pollution Map helps you find the darkest places near you for the best viewing of the night sky. Includes the ability to save and load your favorite dark sky locations, fully adjust the light pollution map overlay opacity and map type, and a unique "horizon safe radius tool" to avoid light pollution on the distant horizon!
Cloud Cover Map & Temperature Info With an integrated cloud cover map and temperature indicator, always know before you even step outside if it's worth going outside to see the night sky!
Aurora Overlay Overlay an Aurora layer on the Light Pollution Map to see where the best viewing of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) currently is.
ISS Tracker Follow the international space station on a live map, see when it's flying above your location, who is currently on the ISS, view a live ISS webcam, and more!
Alerts & Notifications Configure the app to send you alerts & notifications for the next meteor shower, super moon, or lunar eclipse. The app can also alert you when aurora activity is high and viewing is good at your current location, and alert you when the international space station will be flying above you.
Moon Information Find moon phases and moon rise and set times for any date and any location. Also see more detailed info about the moon!
Live Aurora and Magnetic Field Info See live information about the aurora such as KP value, viewing probability, magnetic field Bz, Density, and speed.
Astronomy Calculators Get access to many different astronomy related calculators!
Live Aurora Webcams Explore live aurora borealis webcams from around the world, and also see live graphs of the magnetosphere.
Moon Position Tool Always know where the Moon will rise or set for any location, at any time and any date. Also has Moon Rise and Moon Set times.
Night Sky Calendar Find the best days for meteor showers, lunar eclipses, and super moons for any day, past or present.
Live NASA SOHO Images See live images of the Sun from NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
Astronomy Photo of the Day See an awesome new astronomy photo every day!
Widgets Enable and put widgets on your android home screen to show aurora information, cloud cover percentage, temperature info, astronomy photo of the day, and the time total darkness begins and ends.
Night Mode & AMOLED Themes Darken the app to either save battery life, or put out less light pollution in the dark when you are stargazing.
And a lot more! Some features are not available in the free version and may require an additional in-app purchase. We offering several upgrade packs, or a monthly subscription with free trial.
Recent changes: Radius tool fixed Made few cosmetic changes Updated the app's website URL Terms of Service and Privacy policy links updated
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Comments on Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky for Android
★★★★☆Jim Silloway· May 13, 2025
Great app for finding dark skies. It's a bit pesky with the ads, though.
★★★★★Ralph Aeschliman· Oct 7, 2025
As an amateur astronomer who lives in an apartment, I find this app very useful to find good dark-sky observing sites.
★★★★★Alan Marvin· Dec 28, 2025
Excellent site to get Bottles scale for screening for astrophotography sites.
★☆☆☆☆James Kuhn· Feb 15, 2026
A completely terrible app, the light pollution scale literally goes from 4 to 5.5, then to 5? That is not how a scale works. It also does not show accurate light pollution, or at least there is no tutorial. You need to develop your apps to be more user-friendly.
★☆☆☆☆Ade “Me” Harris· Sep 17, 2025
As is becoming the norm developers think it's ok to charge you over and over again for the same software I will never buy into that scam, app is ok but definitely not for nearly £10 a year!
★★☆☆☆astroturtle· Jun 16, 2025
What kind of light pollution map doesn't list the Bottle value for the selected area?
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