Rewinding to Thursday 11 February 1982…
Thursday · Reading, England, United Kingdom
Natalie, you arrived on 11 February 1982 in Reading.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 10°C in Reading.
10°C/ 50°F high
Low of 1°C · 3.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 19 mph
The sun rose at 07:25 and set at 17:11 — 9h 45m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 18.4 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 240,554 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Centerfold”
by The J. Geils Band — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1982-02-11
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
2,334 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
44 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Water Dog
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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