Rewinding to Friday 24 October 1997…
Friday · Tooting, England, United Kingdom
Raye, you arrived on 24 October 1997 in Tooting.
Outside
High of 11°C
Moon
waning crescent
#1 song
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight
01The weather outside
A high of 11°C in Tooting.
11°C/ 52°F high
Low of 1°C · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 07:39 and set at 17:49 — 10h 9m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
35% lit · 23.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Tooting that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,856 miles away — farther than usual.
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 · 1997-10-24
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 Friday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water 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
Friday
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