Rewinding to Friday 15 September 1978…
Friday · Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
The world on 15 September 1978 in Reykjavik.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was overcast in Reykjavik.
6°C/ 42°F high
Low of 2°C · dry · wind up to 19 km/h
The sun rose at 06:49 and set at 19:55 — 13h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
99% lit · 13.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Reykjavik's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 365,160 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Boogie Oogie Oogie”
by A Taste Of Honey — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Grease”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Iceland’s shop prices from 1978 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-09-15
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
2,512 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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