Rewinding to Monday 7 October 1996…
Monday · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lewis, you arrived on 7 October 1996 in Glasgow.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 13°C in Glasgow.
13°C/ 55°F high
Low of 5°C · 2.9 mm of precipitation · wind up to 17 mph
The sun rose at 07:32 and set at 18:36 — 11h 4m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
21% lit · 25.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Glasgow that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,092 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
by Los Del Rio — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, taking over from “You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1996-10-07
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
1,569 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
30 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Fire Rat
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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