Rewinding to Wednesday, August 23, 1978…
Wednesday · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The world on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 89°F in Philadelphia.
89°F/ 32°C high
Low of 68°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:19 am and set at 7:46 pm — 13h 27m of daylight.
Measured at the Philadelphia city weather station, 1 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 waning gibbous watched over you.
65% lit · 20.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Philadelphia's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 241,680 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Three Times A Lady”
by Commodores — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Miss You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PHILADELPHIA · 1978-08-23
BREAD COSTS 5.1× 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
2,515 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
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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