Rewinding to Tuesday 5 May 1981…
Tuesday · Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Craig, you arrived on 5 May 1981 in Southampton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 10°C in Southampton.
10°C/ 50°F high
Low of 2°C · 2.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 15 mph
The sun rose at 05:32 and set at 20:33 — 15h 1m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
4% lit · 1.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Southampton that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 223,428 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Morning Train (Nine To Five)”
by Sheena Easton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Kiss On My List”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1981-05-05
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
2,374 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Tuesday
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