Rewinding to Friday 23 May 1997…
Friday · Catford, England, United Kingdom
Joe, you arrived on 23 May 1997 in Catford.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 15°C in Catford.
15°C/ 59°F high
Low of 5°C · dry · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 04:57 and set at 20:56 — 15h 59m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 16.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Catford that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 235,007 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hypnotize”
by The Notorious B.I.G. — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Can't Nobody Hold Me Down”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1997-05-23
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
1,537 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Friday
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