Rewinding to Tuesday 18 September 1945…
Tuesday · Cinderford, England, United Kingdom
John, you arrived on 18 September 1945 in Cinderford.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°C in Cinderford.
22°C/ 71°F high
Low of 15°C · 1.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:48 and set at 19:18 — 12h 30m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 11.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Cinderford's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 232,693 miles away — closer 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1945-09-18
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
4,233 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
81 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Wood Rooster
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Tuesday
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