The first human in space

Yuri Gagarin was launched from Baikonur and became the first human to orbit the Earth. The weather and the sky over the steppe that day.

The weather that day

• 4.6 to 16.1 °C, clear, no rain.
• A west wind, 12 km/h on average, and pressure from 1014 to 1016 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 06:07, sunset at 19:29.
• The moon: waning crescent, 11% lit.

Its name

Luminette: A clear sky, under a waning crescent moon.

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