Rewinding to Monday, January 29, 1945…
Monday · Detroit, Michigan, United States
Tom, you arrived on January 29, 1945 in Detroit.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 26°F in Detroit.
26°F/ -3°C high
Low of 16°F · 0.06 in of rain
The sun rose at 8:49 am and set at 6:42 pm — 9h 53m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 16.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Detroit that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,826 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
DETROIT · 1945-01-29
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
4,266 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
81 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Wood Monkey
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Monday
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