Tuesday, the 25th of September of 2018 is the 268th day of the year.
There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year.
42 days until Mid-Terms Election Day on Tuesday November 6, 2018...
(1 month and 12 days from today)
770 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 03 2020
(2 years 1 month and 9 days from today)
The sun will rise at 7:01 am
and sunset will be at 7:00 pm.
We will have 11 hours and 59 minutes of daylight today.
The solar transit will be at 1:00 pm.
The first high tide was at 12:06 am
and the next high tide at 12:39 pm.
The first low tide will be at 6:02 am
and the next low tide at 6:23 pm.
A low-medium pollen count today and tomorrow in the Fours.
The Moon is 99.7% visible; a Near Full Moon, now a Waning Gibbous
Moon Direction :↑ 247.92° WSW
Moon Altitude: 23.03°
Moon Distance: 244309 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 7:25 am
Today is…
International Ataxia Awareness Day
National Crab Meat Newburg Day
National Food Service Employees Day
National Research Administrator Day
National Voter Registration Day
Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day in Mozambique
Day of National Recognition for the Harkis in France
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970)
1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975)
1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author
1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB76jxBq_gQ
1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress
1961 – Steve Scott, British journalist and
1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
1983 – Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
…and on this day in history…
1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
2014 – Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Illinois, regains its title as world's busiest airport from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.