Rewinding to Sunday, May 5, 1940…
Sunday · New York, United States
Lance, you arrived on May 5, 1940 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 70°F in New York.
70°F/ 21°C high
Low of 48°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:49 am and set at 7:56 pm — 14h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
2% lit · 28.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from New York that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,262 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
Before the charts began.
The weekly singles chart we use begins in August 1958 — your day predates it.
04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW YORK · 1940-05-05
US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation
05Your life in numbers
Since that day, you have lived…
0
seconds
and counting, right now
0
heartbeats
at a resting average of 80 a minute
0
breaths
give or take a few yawns
0
sunrises
4,514 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
86 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Metal Dragon
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Sunday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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