The night sky on the night of the storming of the Bastille — 14 July 1789
On 14 July 1789 a Paris crowd stormed the Bastille, the royal fortress and prison that stood for the king's arbitrary power, and took it by the late afternoon. The fall of the Bastille became the symbol of the French Revolution. 14 July is France's national day.
The sky over the Bastille, Paris, France
This is the real sky above the Bastille, Paris, France (48.85°N, 2.37°E) on 14 July 1789 at 22:00 Paris local mean time (UTC+0:09) that night (1789-07-14 21:51 UTC). The Sun was 14° below the horizon: twilight was fading and the stars were coming out. The Moon (last quarter, 56% lit) was below the horizon. No bright planet was above the horizon. Brightest named stars up: Arcturus, Vega, Altair, Spica and Antares.
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