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My instinct would be to upgrade the Norwegian flight.
(1) It's an hour longer.
(2) Seat pitch in Y on the two carriers looks comparable, with Aeroflot being maybe an inch wider (?).
(3) Service in Aeroflot Y is presumably better than Norwegian Y, given that Norwegian Y is basically no service at all. (Been 20 years since I've flown Aeroflot...I'm kind of guessing here.)
(4) This is personal preference, but I prefer (by a small margin) being uncomfortable on an overnight flight than on an all-day flight. On the overnighter, I'll medicate with preflight booze and try to slog through a couple hours of sleep. The time will pass more quickly. On the daytime flight, I would just hate life for 13 hours in a 31" seat.
(5) Lounge access is a nice throw-in. Do you know which lounge? Plaza Premier is the FCO T3 extra-Schengen offering for Priority Pass and is actually quite good as PP lounges go. Wonder if Norwegian uses the same?