Rewinding to Tuesday, October 9, 1979…
Tuesday · Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Brandon, you arrived on October 9, 1979 in Des Moines.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 65°F in Des Moines.
65°F/ 18°C high
Low of 35°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:19 am and set at 6:43 pm — 11h 24m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
77% lit · 19.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Des Moines's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,833 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Sad Eyes”
by Robert John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “My Sharona”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
DES MOINES · 1979-10-09
BREAD COSTS 4.5× 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
2,456 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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