Rewinding to Saturday 8 August 1987…
Saturday · Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katie, you arrived on 8 August 1987 in Dundee.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Dundee.
17°C/ 63°F high
Low of 8°C · 0.4 mm of precipitation · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 05:25 and set at 21:07 — 15h 42m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 14.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Dundee that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 222,225 miles away — closer than usual, a supermoon.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For”
by U2 — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Shakedown (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1987-08-08
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
2,048 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Fire Rabbit
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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