Rewinding to Friday, October 30, 1981…
Friday · New York, United States
Ivanka, you arrived on October 30, 1981 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 53°F in New York.
53°F/ 12°C high
Low of 46°F · dry · wind up to 15 mph
The sun rose at 6:24 am and set at 4:54 pm — 10h 31m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. 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 crescent watched over you.
9% lit · 2.9 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above New York's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 252,405 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)”
by Christopher Cross — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Endless Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW YORK · 1981-10-30
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
2,349 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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