Rewinding to Wednesday, August 30, 1972…
Wednesday · San Diego, California, United States
The world on August 30, 1972 in San Diego.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 93°F in San Diego.
93°F/ 34°C high
Low of 71°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:22 am and set at 7:15 pm — 12h 53m of daylight.
Measured at the PresA rodriguez weather station, 12 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
54% lit · 21.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from San Diego that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,795 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)”
by Looking Glass — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Alone Again (Naturally)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SAN DIEGO · 1972-08-30
BREAD COSTS 8.0× 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
2,827 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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