Today Monday, the 25th of September of 2017 is the 268th day of the year.
There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year....
407 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018
1 year 1 month and 12 days from today
1135 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
3 years 1 month and 9 days from today
The sun will rise at 7:01 am
And the sun will set at 7:01 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:01pm.
The first high tide was at 4:08 am
and the next high tide will be at 3:32 pm.
The first low tide will be at 9:20 am
and the next low tide at 10:10 pm.
The Moon is 26.3% illuminated; a Waxing Crescent Moon
Moon Direction : ↑ 14.29° NNE
Moon Altitude :-68.00°
Moon Distance: 250046 mi
Next Full Moon: Thursday October 5, 2017 at 11:40 am
Next New Moon: Thursday October 19, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Next Moonrise:Today at 12:11 pm
Today is…
Family Day
International Ataxia Awareness Day
Math Storytelling Day
National Comic Book Day
National Cooking Day
National Crab Meat Newburg Day
National Food Service Employees Day
National Lobster Day
National One-Hit Wonder Day
National Psychotherapy Day
National Tune-Up Day
World Dream Day
World Pharmacist Day
It’s also…
Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (d. 1764)
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)
1923 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011)
1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
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)
1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress
1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
On this day in history…
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.
1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
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.
1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.