The night sky on the night of Charles Lindbergh landing in Paris — 21 May 1927
At 10:22 p.m. on 21 May 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget airfield outside Paris, after flying alone and non-stop from New York for 33 and a half hours. A crowd of about 150,000 people rushed onto the field to greet the first solo transatlantic flight.
The sky over Le Bourget airfield, Paris, France
This is the real sky above Le Bourget airfield, Paris, France (48.97°N, 2.44°E) on 21 May 1927 at 22:22 French summer time (UTC+1) — the moment Lindbergh touched down (1927-05-21 21:22 UTC). The Sun was 14° below the horizon: twilight was fading and the stars were coming out. The Moon (waning gibbous, 75% lit) was below the horizon. Planets above the horizon: Venus (14° in the north-west), Saturn (12° in the south-east) and Mars (19° in the west). Brightest named stars up: Arcturus, Vega, Capella, Procyon and Spica.
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