Today Tuesday, the 30th of January of 2018 is the 30th day of the year.
There are 335 days remaining until the end of the year...
49 days until spring begins...
280 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(9 months and 7 days from today)
1008 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 9 months and 4 days from today)
The sun rises at 7:15 am
and sunset will be at 5:33 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 18 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:24 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:38 am
and the next low tide will be at 4:38 pm.
The first high tide will be at 9:51 am
and the next high tide at 11:46 pm.
The Moon is 98.4% visible; a Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 280.15° W
Moon Altitude: 17.90°
Moon Distance: 223076 mi
Next Moonset: Today 6:27 am
We’ll have a Full Moon early tomorrow morning at 5:27 am
We’ll see a Total Lunar Eclipse tonight after 11 o’clock, weather permitting…
Last Quarter Moon in 8 days on Wednesday the 7th of February at 7:54 am
New Moon in 16 days on Thursday the 15th of February of 2018 at 1:05 pm
and we’ll see a Partial Solar Eclipse about the same day
First Quarter Moon in 23 days on Friday the 23th of February at 12:09 am
Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, with be Tuesday February 13
Lunar New Year will begin on Friday February the 16th. It will be the year of the dog.
Today is…
National Escape Day
National Inane Answering Message Day
National Plan for Vacation Day
School Day of Non-violence and Peace
Yodel for Your Neighbors Day
Today is also…
Day of Saudade , health, in Brazil
Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)
Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances:
School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
Start of the Season for Nonviolence January 30 - April 4
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
58 BC – Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)
1846 – Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)
1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
1911 – Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)
1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)
1922 – Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008)
1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish captain and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)
1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor
1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016)
1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984)
1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and theoretician
1941 – Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States
1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author
1951 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
…and on this day in history…
516 BCE – The Second Temple of Jerusalem finishes construction.
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1948 – Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1956 – African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".