Rewinding to Friday 16 December 1988…
Friday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 16 December 1988 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in London.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of 1°C · 0.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 11 mph
The sun rose at 08:00 and set at 15:51 — 7h 51m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
57% lit · 8.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,194 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Look Away”
by Chicago — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1988-12-16
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
1,977 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
37 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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