Rewinding to Friday, March 28, 1986…
Friday · New York, United States
The world on March 28, 1986 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 50°F in New York.
50°F/ 10°C high
Low of 38°F · dry · wind up to 15 mph
The sun rose at 5:46 am and set at 6:16 pm — 12h 30m 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 waning gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 18.1 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above New York's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,251 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “These Dreams”
by Heart — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Sara”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW YORK · 1986-03-28
BREAD COSTS 3.3× 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
2,119 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
40 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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