The midnight India became independent

At midnight on 15 August 1947, India became independent. The sky and the weather of New Delhi that night.

The weather that day

• 25.6 to 31.1 °C, rain, 1.7 mm of rain.
• A east wind, 10 km/h on average, and pressure from 1004 to 1003 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 19:01.
• The moon: waning crescent, 4% lit.

Its name

Aestombre Ember: 31 °C by the afternoon, drizzle on and off for nine hours, under a waning crescent moon.

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