Rewinding to Monday, March 14, 1988…
Monday · Akron, Ohio, United States
Stephen, you arrived on March 14, 1988 in Akron.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 29°F in Akron.
29°F/ -1°C high
Low of 23°F · 0.08 in of precipitation · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 6:38 am and set at 6:32 pm — 11h 53m 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 crescent watched over you.
13% lit · 26.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Akron that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 225,011 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Never Gonna Give You Up”
by Rick Astley — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Father Figure”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
AKRON · 1988-03-14
BREAD COSTS 3.1× 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
2,016 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
38 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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