Rewinding to Tuesday 5 February 1985…
Tuesday · Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Cristiano, you arrived on 5 February 1985 in Funchal.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 18°C in Funchal.
18°C/ 64°F high
Low of 16°C · 2.9 mm of precipitation · wind up to 35 km/h
The sun rose at 07:59 and set at 18:44 — 10h 45m 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 · 15 days into its cycle
Looking up from Funchal that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Mars without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 367,788 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Want To Know What Love Is”
by Foreigner — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Like A Virgin”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1985-02-05
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
2,178 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Wood Ox
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Tuesday
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