Rewinding to Monday 28 June 1971…
Monday · Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Elon, you arrived on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was clear skies in Pretoria.
19°C/ 65°F high
Low of 3°C · dry · wind up to 12 km/h
The sun rose at 06:53 and set at 17:26 — 10h 32m of daylight.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
32% lit · 5.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Pretoria that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 402,581 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move”
by Carole King — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Want Ads”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1971-06-28
BREAD COSTS 8.3× 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
2,888 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
55 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Metal Pig
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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