The Sky Above Winston Churchill at the Moment of Death

Person · 1874–1965 · Approximate time

The record

• Date of death: 1965-01-24
• Time of death (local): 08:00 (Approximate time) — Lord Moran's official bulletin, read at 8:35 a.m., says only "shortly after eight this morning" — no minute was ever published. 08:00 is the anchor for that window.
• Place: London (Hyde Park Gate), United Kingdom
• UTC: 1965-01-24T08:00Z

The sky at that moment

• Zenith (the point directly overhead): RA 243.48°, Dec 51.42°

Star closest to the zenith

Computed with the same standard astronomy as our free calculator: the recorded time and place give the local sidereal time, which fixes the zenith; the closest star by angular distance inside a ±15° declination band of the real catalog is selected. What is shown here is the purely astronomical result — the nearest star to the zenith.

• Catalog ID: HIP 79428
• Constellation: Draco
• Magnitude: 9.2
• Distance (light-years): 405.7
• Angular distance from zenith (degrees): 0.4043°

Brightest stars in that sky

The brightest real stars (catalog IDs from the HYG star catalog — mostly Hipparcos/HIP numbers) that were above 10° altitude at that same moment.

• HIP 91262 — Lyra, Magnitude 0.03 (62.0°)
• HIP 97649 — Aquila, Magnitude 0.76 (28.6°)
• HIP 65474 — Virgo, Magnitude 0.98 (17.6°)
• HIP 80763 — Scorpius, Magnitude 1.06 (12.0°)
• HIP 102098 — Cygnus, Magnitude 1.25 (46.6°)

Sources & verification

Last verified: 2026-09-17

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• UPI wire dispatch (1965) — Quotes Moran's bulletin verbatim ("Shortly after eight this morning"); place 28 Hyde Park Gate: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1965/01/24/Churchill-is-dead/9071516770209/
• BBC On This Day (1965) — Contemporaneous report: date, London home, death in sleep; no clock minute: https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_2506000/2506493.stm

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温斯顿·丘吉尔离世时的星空(1965-01-24)| A Star Named

人物 · 1874–1965 · 时刻为约数

记录

• 离世日期: 1965-01-24
• 离世时刻(当地): 08:00 (时刻为约数) — 莫兰勋爵的官方公告(8:35 宣读)只说「今晨八点过后不久」,从未公布到分钟。08:00 是该窗口的锚点值。
• 地点: 伦敦(海德公园门), 英国
• 世界时(UTC): 1965-01-24T08:00Z

那一刻的星空

• 天顶(正头顶的那一点): RA 243.48°, Dec 51.42°

离天顶最近的星

与站内免费计算器同一套标准天文算法:由记录的时刻与地点推出当地恒星时,得到天顶坐标,再取真实星表里赤纬 ±15° 带内球面角距最小的星。这里给出的是「离天顶最近」这一纯天文结果。

• 星表编号: HIP 79428
• 星座: 天龙座
• 星等: 9.2
• 距离(光年): 405.7
• 与天顶的角距(度): 0.4043°

那一刻天空中最亮的星

同一时刻位于地平线 10° 以上、星等最亮的前几颗真实恒星(HYG 星表编号,多为 Hipparcos/HIP 编号)。

• HIP 91262 — 天琴座, 星等 0.03 (62.0°)
• HIP 97649 — 天鹰座, 星等 0.76 (28.6°)
• HIP 65474 — 处女座, 星等 0.98 (17.6°)
• HIP 80763 — 天蝎座, 星等 1.06 (12.0°)
• HIP 102098 — 天鹅座, 星等 1.25 (46.6°)

来源与核验

最近核验: 2026-09-17

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• UPI 电讯(1965) — 逐字引用莫兰公告(「今晨八点过后不久」);地点海德公园门 28 号: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1965/01/24/Churchill-is-dead/9071516770209/
• BBC On This Day(1965) — 当时报道:日期、伦敦住所、睡梦中离世;未给到分钟: https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_2506000/2506493.stm

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