Rewinding to Wednesday 2 February 1977…
Wednesday · Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
The world on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 31°C in Barranquilla.
31°C/ 88°F high
Low of 24°C · dry
The sun rose at 6:22 am and set at 6:03 pm — 11h 41m of daylight.
Measured at the ErnesTo cortisSoz 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 waxing gibbous watched over you.
99% lit · 13.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Barranquilla that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 387,922 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Car Wash”
by Rose Royce — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “I Wish”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1977-02-02
BREAD COSTS 5.7× 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
2,596 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
49 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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