Rewinding to Tuesday 7 November 1978…
Tuesday · Camberwell, England, United Kingdom
Rio, you arrived on 7 November 1978 in Camberwell.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Camberwell.
17°C/ 62°F high
Low of 6°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:03 and set at 16:23 — 9h 20m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
52% lit · 7.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Camberwell's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,354 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “You Needed Me”
by Anne Murray — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Hot Child In The City”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1978-11-07
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,504 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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