The first ascent of Everest

At 11:30 am Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Everest. The weather and the sky over the mountain that day.

The weather that day

• -5.8 to 0.5 °C, overcast, 0.3 mm of rain.
• A southwest wind, 3 km/h on average, and pressure from 1017 to 1015 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 04:47, sunset at 18:32.
• The moon: full moon, 100% lit.

Its name

Pagance Lantern: -6 °C before sunrise, and cloud from dawn to dusk: spring in Mount Everest.

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