Ephemeris

The night the euro arrived

1 January 2002 · 00:00 · Paris, France

The night the euro arrived: Pagora

At midnight, euro notes and coins came into people's hands in twelve countries. The winter sky and weather of Paris that night.

The weather that day

  • -4.5 to -0.7 °C, partly cloudy, no rain.
  • A east wind, 10 km/h on average, and pressure from 1038 to 1037 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 08:44, sunset at 17:04.
  • The moon: full moon, 97% lit.

Its name

Pagora: -4 °C before sunrise, barely 8.3 hours of light, under a full moon.

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