Rewinding to Sunday, December 17, 1978…
Sunday · Kibawe, Northern Mindanao, Philippines
The world on December 17, 1978 in Kibawe.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 27°C in Kibawe.
27°C/ 80°F high
Low of 19°C · 8.1 mm of rain
The sun rose at 5:45 am and set at 5:26 pm — 11h 41m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
92% lit · 17.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Kibawe that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 405,001 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “You Don't Bring Me Flowers”
by Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Le Freak”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-12-17
BREAD COSTS 4.9× 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
2,499 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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