Rewinding to Thursday, December 18, 1980…
Thursday · Staten Island, New York, United States
Christina, you arrived on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 28°F in Staten Island.
28°F/ -2°C high
Low of 11°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:15 am and set at 4:31 pm — 9h 16m of daylight.
Measured at the JersEy city weather station, 2 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 waxing gibbous watched over you.
90% lit · 11.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Staten Island's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,392 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Lady”
by Kenny Rogers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Woman In Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
STATEN ISLAND · 1980-12-18
BREAD COSTS 3.5× 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
2,394 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Metal Monkey
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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