Rewinding to Tuesday 21 September 1954…
Tuesday · Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Shinzō, you arrived on 21 September 1954 in Shinjuku.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 29°C in Shinjuku.
29°C/ 84°F high
Low of 21°C · 0.8 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:27 and set at 17:40 — 12h 14m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
29% lit · 24.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Shinjuku that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 382,658 km 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1954-09-21
BREAD COSTS 12× WHAT IT DID
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
3,763 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
72 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Wood Horse
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Tuesday
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