The day Nelson Mandela walked free

Shortly after 4 pm, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster prison near Paarl, after 27 years in prison. The weather and the sky of that afternoon.

The weather that day

• 15.2 to 30.4 °C, clear, no rain.
• A east wind, 14 km/h on average, and pressure from 1013 to 1014 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 06:15, sunset at 19:41.
• The moon: full moon, 97% lit.

Its name

Luminora: Sun from end to end, heat climbing to 30 °C, beneath a moon 97% lit.

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