Ephemeris

The first day of Woodstock

15 August 1969 · 17:07 · Bethel, United States

The first day of Woodstock: Psecis

Just after 5 pm, Richie Havens opened the Woodstock festival on a farm in Bethel, New York. The weather and the sky over the fields that day.

The weather that day

  • 17.1 to 25.4 °C, rain, 0.7 mm of rain.
  • A southeast wind, 6 km/h on average, and pressure from 1021 to 1020 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 06:08, sunset at 19:59.
  • The moon: waxing crescent, 7% lit.

Its name

Psecis: Drizzle on and off for five hours, and air almost still: summer in Bethel.

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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.