Rewinding to Wednesday, October 9, 1996…
Wednesday · Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
The world on October 9, 1996 in Washington D.C..
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 68°F in Washington D.C..
68°F/ 20°C high
Low of 47°F · 0.32 in of precipitation · wind up to 11 mph
The sun rose at 7:11 am and set at 6:37 pm — 11h 26m 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.
6% lit · 27.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Washington D.C. that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 248,050 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 dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WASHINGTON D.C. · 1996-10-09
BREAD COSTS 2.1× 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
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 Wednesday'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
Wednesday
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