Ephemeris

The opening of the London Olympics

27 July 2012 · 21:00 · London, United Kingdom

The opening of the London Olympics: Labelle

At 9 pm the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games began in Stratford. The weather and the sky of that summer night.

The weather that day

  • 14.1 to 23.9 °C, rain, 1.7 mm of rain.
  • A north wind, 7 km/h on average, and pressure from 1016 to 1010 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 05:17, sunset at 20:56.
  • The moon: first quarter, 67% lit.

Its name

Labelle: The barometer sinking, a thin rain, beneath a moon 67% lit.

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