Rewinding to Sunday 23 September 1973…
Sunday · Athens, Attica, Greece
The world on 23 September 1973 in Athens.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 30°C in Athens.
30°C/ 85°F high
Low of 19°C · dry
The sun rose at 06:13 and set at 18:21 — 12h 8m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
10% lit · 26.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Athens that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 372,320 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Let's Get It On”
by Marvin Gaye — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Delta Dawn”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1973-09-23
BREAD COSTS 7.3× 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
2,772 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
53 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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