Rewinding to Monday 20 October 1997…
Monday · Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom
The world on 20 October 1997 in Wandsworth.
Outside
High of 13°C
Moon
waning gibbous
#1 song
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight
01The weather outside
A high of 13°C in Wandsworth.
13°C/ 56°F high
Low of 9°C · 0.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 23 mph
The sun rose at 07:33 and set at 17:57 — 10h 24m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
73% lit · 19.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Wandsworth that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 237,877 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight”
by Elton John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, taking over from “4 Seasons Of Loneliness”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1997-10-20
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
1,515 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Monday
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