Rewinding to Saturday, June 8, 1940…
Saturday · Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
The world on June 8, 1940 in Jersey City.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Jersey City.
80°F/ 27°C high
Low of 57°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:24 am and set at 8:25 pm — 15h 1m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
10% lit · 3.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Jersey City that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 234,372 miles away, right about average.
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
JERSEY CITY · 1940-06-08
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
4,509 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
86 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Metal Dragon
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Saturday
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