Rewinding to Saturday 9 January 1982…
Saturday · Reading, England, United Kingdom
Kate, you arrived on 9 January 1982 in Reading.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -3°C in Reading.
-3°C/ 27°F high
Low of -5°C · 7.7 mm of precipitation · wind up to 18 mph
The sun rose at 08:07 and set at 16:15 — 8h 8m 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 full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 14.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Reading's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 224,609 miles away — closer than usual, a supermoon.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Physical”
by Olivia Newton-John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, taking over from “Private Eyes”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1982-01-09
BREAD COSTS 3.4× 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
2,339 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
44 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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