Today Thursday, the 4th of October of 2018 is the 277th day of the year.
There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year. 78 days until winter begins.
33 days until mid-term election Tuesday November 6, 2018.
a Tuesday 1 month and 2 days from today
The sun will rise at 7:09 am
and sunset will be at 6:46 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:57 pm.
the first low tide was at 1:49 am
and the next low tide will be at 2:12 pm.
The first high tide will be at 9:08 am
and the next high tide at 8:08 pm.
A low pollen count today at 1.9 climbing to a medium 5.9 by Monday
The Moon is 26.9% visible;a Waning Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 92.40° E
Moon Altitude: 33.44°
Moon Distance: 228295 mi
Next New Moon: Monday October 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Wednesday October 24, 2018 at 9:45 am
Next Moonset: Today at 4:23 pm
Today is…
Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day
International Toot Your Flute Day
It’s also…
Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Mozambique
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
The beginning of World Space Week
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share this day with …
1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
1880 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)
1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)
1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist
1941 – Anne Rice, American author
1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter
1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist
1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Patti Andress, American jazz singer (Tuck & Patti)
1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author
1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
…and on this day in history…
1883 – First run of the Orient Express.
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
1957 – Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.