Today Monday, 28th of November of 2016 is the 333rd day of the year
There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year.
The sun rose in San Francisco at 7:05 am
and the sun will set at 4:52 pm.
Today we will have 9 hours and 47 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 11:58 am.
The first low tide was at 4:03 am
and the next low tide will be at 4:54 pm.
The first high tide will be at 10:15 am
and the next high tide at 11:57 pm.
We'll have a New Moon tomorrow Tuesday the 29th of November of 2016 at 4:18 am
The Moon is currently 1.0%illuminated; a Waning Crescent moon
Moonrise Today: 6:08 am↑ 109° East
Moonset Today: 4:49 pm↑ 250° West
Today is Cyber Monday
It's Letter Writing Day
Make Your Own Head Day
National French Toast Day
Red Planet Day
Turkey Leftover Day
It's also...
Albanian Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
Heroes' Day in Sri Lanka
Hōonkō in Japan
Independence Day in Mauritania, celebrating the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.
Independence Day in Panama, celebrating the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.
Navy Day in Iran
Republic Day in Burundi
Republic Day in Chad
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with...
1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (d. 1687)
1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter (d. 1827)
1820 – Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (d. 1895)
1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1921)
1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
1929 – Berry Gordy, Jr., American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records
1931 – Tomi Ungerer, French author and illustrator
1932 – Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (d. 2016)
1936 – Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
1943 – Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
On this day in history…
1520 – An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
1811 – Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
1814 – The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
1843 – Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
1909 – Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
1919 – Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be
elected, refused to sit.)
1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
1943 – World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
1964 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
1990Margaret Thatcher resigned after more than 11 years as prime minister of Britain.
1995President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2001Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
2011Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.