Rewinding to Monday, February 9, 1987…
Monday · Santa Ana, California, United States
The world on February 9, 1987 in Santa Ana.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 65°F in Santa Ana.
65°F/ 18°C high
Low of 59°F · 0.11 in of precipitation · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 6:41 am and set at 5:29 pm — 10h 48m 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 gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 11.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Santa Ana that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 252,002 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Open Your Heart”
by Madonna — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “At This Moment”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SANTA ANA · 1987-02-09
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
2,073 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Fire Rabbit
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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