Rewinding to Tuesday 21 August 1973…
Tuesday · Moscow, Russia
The world on 21 August 1973 in Moscow.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 25°C in Moscow.
25°C/ 76°F high
Low of 15°C · 12.2 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:12 and set at 19:51 — 14h 40m of daylight.
Measured at the MosCow weather station, 9 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.
47% lit · 22.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Moscow that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 371,153 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Touch Me In The Morning”
by Diana Ross — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “The Morning After”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1973-08-21
BREAD COSTS 7.6× 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
2,776 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
53 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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